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Nurturing dads : social initiatives for contemporary fatherhood / William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marsiglio, William, author.
- Roy, Kevin, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Rose series in sociology.
- American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fatherhood.
- Parenting.
- Fathers--Psychology.
- Fathers.
- Father and child.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- American fathers are a highly diverse group, but the breadwinning, live-in, biological dad prevails as the fatherhood ideal.Consequently, policymakers continue to emphasize marriage and residency over initiatives that might help foster healthy father-child relationships and creative co-parenting regardless of marital or residential status.
- Contents:
- The landscape
- Constructing meanings
- Building and sustaining bonds
- Negotiating trust as partners and parents
- Kin work and networks of care with family members
- Community connections
- Transitions and human capital
- Promoting nurturance.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-776-X
- OCLC:
- 808337179
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