Two Happy Homes was written after readers of Parents Are Forever asked for a book that specifically advises how to bring new partners into the lives of children after divorce. This book gives practical and specific ideas for parents to create happy stepfamily lives for their children. It covers the most common errors made by moms and dads as they move on to create new family life after separation, and is highly endorsed by experts. Specific advice is given for parents of children who never married, but are raising a child together, as coparents. (Author abstract)
In this book, author, Joe Cucchiara says being a caring father for your little girl is a joy and challenge well worth every effort. It is a sad but true fact that nearly 80% of all women grow up without a healthy, loving father-daughter relationship. A young girl often reaches adolescence, having passed the critical years (ages 4 to 12) without the benefit of a caring father. The results? She may doubt her value, be starved for affection, and prone to choosing the wrong kind of men again and again. Here in straightforward, easy to understand language are great insights, ideas for bonding,…
In her critically acclaimed, groundbreaking bestseller--Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?--author Jonetta Rose Barras broke the code of silence surrounding the devastating impact father absence has on girls and women. Using her own story, and that of other women from across the country, Barras identified the "fatherless woman syndrome," along with its ramifications, and offered remedies for healing. In this new self-help book: Bridges: Reuniting Daughters and Daddies, Barras takes the next step, guiding daughter-and-father duos toward much needed reconciliation, bonding, and healing.…
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Journal Article This article assesses the effectiveness of in-hospital paternity establishment, a federal requirement since 1993. The authors avoid biases in previous studies by using a national sample of nonmarital births ( N= 3,254), by including detailed controls for characteristics of unwed mothers and previously unavailable controls for characteristics of fathers, and by estimating reduced form models of the effects of strong paternity establishment regimes. They find that paternity establishment rates are now quite high?69%?and that 6 of 7 paternities are established in the hospital. Even after…
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Journal Article The parenting dynamics of batterers can be the source of considerable trauma and abuse to children, in addition to that incurred by witnessing violence against their mothers. Bancroft and Silverman describe how batterers are at high risk of physically, sexually, and psychologically abusing and exploiting their children, and how a batterer's attempts at pathological control of the family often continue after separation through custody disputes and during visitation. Intimidation by batterers also prevents mothers from protecting their children and using their parenting strengths. This article…
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The purpose of this guidance paper is to provide information on the need for, and methods of, locating absent parents of children in foster care so that the child's permanency and well-being can be achieved more effectively and efficiently. Topics include the importance of locating absent fathers, the identified barriers to locating absent fathers, and recommendations that social services districts and voluntary authorized agencies can consider to support or improve their practices and permanency results. (Author abstract)
When you no longer live under the same roof it becomes more difficult to nourish and care for the relationship with your mom, dad, son or daughter. One way you can nourish and care for your relationship is by using the activities in this book to stay in touch. (Author abstract)
The father of two girls, author Bill Swindell lived a fast-paced, career-oriented life until one day, his youngest daughter climbed onto his lap, patted him on the cheek, and said, "Earth calling Daddy, earth calling Daddy." That call, gentle but deeply disturbing, jolted him into acknowledging how far he had drifted emotionally from his family. Realizing that love of family must be accompanied by time spent with them, Swindell set off to recommit himself to his wife and children.In this book, he recounts his awakening to the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood. From a Christian…
We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to explore how relationship quality among married and unmarried parents around the time of their baby's birth and in the subsequent year is associated with parenting of one-year-old children. We examine two measures of relationship quality (supportiveness and frequency of conflict) and two domains of parenting (positive engagement and spanking) for both mothers and fathers. We find a positive association between relationship quality and parenting among both married and unmarried couples, underscoring previous research on…
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Journal Article The fatherhood literature has expanded over the past several decades, yet the role that fathers may play in their relationships with their problematic adolescents has not been fully examined. Furthermore, because previous findings have suggested that fathers of court-involved daughters may be experiencing intrapsychic and interpersonal difficulties of their own, the present study examined a range of issues that fathers might be facing in their attempts to parent a daughter engaged in problematic behaviors. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 14 fathers who…
