This revised edition of The Joy of Fatherhood is for today's dad, touching on timely and relevant subjects from pre-natal care through year one of being a dad. Whether detecting an infant's illnesses, assessing a baby's development, or learning appropriate play with the newest member of the family, author Marcus J. Goldman, M.D., takes a down-to-earth, month-by-month tour of the first year of daddy's new life. Written for dads by a dad, the author applies his fathering experience and medical knowledge to cover all of the basics--from changing a diaper to feeding your baby, from packing a…
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This study uses early descriptive data from the National Evaluation of Welfare to Work Strategies (NEWWS) Child Outcome Study, a sub-study of the larger random assignment evaluation of the Federal JOBS program, to answer two timely and important questions. First, what factors predict father involvement among nonresident fathers of young children who receive welfare? And second, is nonresident father involvement associated with better outcomes for these children? The three measures of nonresident father involvement examined are father-child visitation, formal child support payments received…
A new group of today's fathers is aiming for the "triple crown"-- a mix of success at work, intimacy with family, and time for friends. They are learning-- as women have learned -- that you can't "have it all." Their efforts to find new ways to balance work and love are beginning to change both the family and the workplace. Other books have described the malaise, but until now, no one has described the dimensions of the revolution or pointed to the light at the end of the tunnel.
Journalist and feminist Suzanne Braun Levine, a founding editor of Ms. magazine interviewed scores of men…
Men's Health writer Joe Kita rekindles the magic he created in his successful Wisdom of Our Fathers--this time turning his keen insights to his own experience as a father. Becoming a parent is a life-altering experience for anyone, and Kita shares his personal, transcendent moments as a parent in this unique look at fatherhood.
Readers will learn about the heroes and role models that Kita--and other parents--have discovered along the parenting path, and even the books and music that helped shape his attitudes about fatherhood. In first-person prose, Kita provides more than 12…
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A cohort study was conducted to examine the association between father involvement and child neglect. Participants were recruited from an inner-city pediatric primary care clinic and a clinic for children at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection in a teaching hospital. Child neglect was measured via home observation, a videotaped mother-child interaction, and child protective services reports. A father or father figures was identified for 27 percent of the 244 five-year-old children participating in the study. Rates of neglect ranged between 11 percent and 30 percent. Father absence…
Preliminary data from the Fragile Families survey were analyzed to examine the impact of incarceration on marriage and family structure. The study specifically considered the characteristics of married and unmarried fathers at risk of imprisonment. Men who have been incarcerated are less likely to be married than men who have never been in prison. Former inmates were also less likely to have a relationship with the mother of their child at the child's first birthday. Regression analysis with incarceration as a dummy variable supported the finding that a history of incarceration negatively…
Kyle's brief relationship with Danielle produces a baby--a responsibility Kyle refused to acknowledge. After attending a court-ordered program for young fathers, Kyle begins to see how important it is--to his daughter's development and to his sense of self-worth--that he become a responsible father. (Author abstract)
This booklet helps young men understand that acceptance of the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood is the best choice for all concerned. It addresses reasons some young men think it's okay not to be involved with their child, and offers tips on staying actively involved in a child's development, education, safety, and physical and emotional health. (Author abstract)
This booklet helps men fulfill their responsibilities as parents with insight into fair discipline, children's physical and emotional needs, maintaining good relations when they live apart from their children, and more. (Author abstract)
Living far away from your grandchildren is never easy. This handbook contains 225 activities to help long distance grandparents build and strengthen relationships with their grandchildren. (Author abstract)
