List of contributors Introduction Chapter 1: The collectivity of family conduct of life and parental self-understanding Chapter 2: Family life in the Nordic countries Chapter 3: Constituting Cultures of Compassion in Early Childhood Educational Settings Chapter 4: Pedagogical leadership and families in Swedish preschool Chapter 5: Early Childhood Education, gender relations and equality between parents and families in Sweden Chapter 6: Divorce, families and children Chapter 7: "We have this family 'under the microscope' so to speak": Schools, child abuse and family support Chapter 8: Economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and mathematics performance of immigrant students' in the Finnish metropolitan area in PISA 2012 Chapter 9: Coming and staying or coming and going? Immigrant families in Denmark: Challenges and opportunities for integration Chapter 10: Parental Engagement in Icelandic Preschools Chapter 11: The Importance of Aesthetic Activities in Norwegian Kindergartens.