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This brief describes the work of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP) grantees in delivering programming in correctional facilities. The brief documents challenges faced by grantees, including logistical barriers, recruitment problems, and challenges retaining incarcerated fathers in programming. (Author abstract)
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This brief describes the work of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP) grantees in delivering programming to the partners of incarcerated fathers. The brief documents services offered to partners; challenges encountered in enrolling and serving partners; and solutions grantees employed to meet these challenges. (Author abstract)
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This issue brief explains that the economic health and social well-being of the United States are significantly enhanced when parents have the tools they need to help their children start school prepared to learn, develop thesocial skills necessary to pay attention and work in teams, and grow up to be productive adults. It explores the physical development of the infant brain and the impact of stimulus, and the benefits of parent education programs. Findings from studies on the effectiveness of parenting programs are shared, and 10 parenting programs that are strong enough to have a possible…
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Intended for parents, this brief emphasizes the importance of fathers in the development of children. The benefits of active fathering are considered and barriers to active fathering are explained, including: men often have less experience with children than women, men tend not to feel the same social pressure as women to learn how to care for their own, mothers can view fathers as less competent, and family arrangements and socioeconomic realities can make fathering challenge. Strategies for keeping fathers involved in parenting are discussed. 5 references.
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Destinado a los padres, este resumen enfatiza la importancia de los padres en el desarrollo de los niños. Se consideran los beneficios de la paternidad activa y se explican las barreras para la paternidad activa, que incluyen: los hombres a menudo tienen menos experiencia con los niños que las mujeres, los hombres tienden a no sentir la misma presión social que las mujeres para aprender a cuidar de los suyos, las madres pueden ver los padres como menos competentes, y los arreglos familiares y las realidades socioeconómicas pueden hacer que la paternidad sea un desafío. Se discuten…
Esta hoja informativa ofrece consejos sobre cómo los padres pueden, no sólo crear buenas relaciones con sus hijos, sino construir su autoestima a través de una comunicación dinámica y positiva.
In this bold and powerful look at boys today, Dr. Leonard Sax draws on his clinical experience to explain why our young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how we have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys, and shares practical advice on homework, video games, medication, and more. In his afterword for the paperback edition, Dr. Sax outlines new strategies for parents, and explores the Boys Adrift phenomenon from an international perspective. A powerful call to action, Boys Adrift is a must-read for anyone who cares about seeing our young men achieve…
Today's fathers are responding to new expectations about fathering: the remote father of the past has faded and men are now expected to be 'involved' fathers who actively engage with their children. Most turn to leisure and sport to do this, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies, the leisure component of family life is under-played. This book provides a long overdue and thorough investigation of the relationship between fatherhood, sport and leisure.Fathering Through Sport and Leisure investigates what fathers actually do in the time they spend with their children. Leading…
Since 1997, child welfare services have been faced with new demands to engage fathers or develop father-inclusive services. This book emerges from work by the author as a researcher and educator over many years on the issues posed by this agenda for child welfare practitioners in a variety of contexts.In locating fathers, fathering and fatherhood within a historical and social landscape, the book addresses issues seldom taken up in practice settings. It explores diversity and complexity in fathering in different disciplines such as psychoanalysis, sociology and psychology and analyses…
Many parents believe that physical punishment is an acceptable form of discipline. But child behavior research shows that there are far more effective ways to change children's challenging and upsetting behaviors. This publication provides parents with the facts on the negative impact of physical punishment, and introduces parents to effective alternatives to physically disciplining their children. (Author abstract)
