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Journal Article Background The dominant discourse of popular media appears to paint a disparaging picture of parents deemed overly concerned about their children's safety. Child injury prevention interventions frequently focus on influencing parenting behaviours. Fathers are increasingly involved in childcare, highlighting the need to understand their perspectives on overprotective parenting as it relates to considerations of injury prevention while actively engaged with their children. Methods Qualitative interviews were carried out with 32 fathers of children aged 2-7 years in a Canadian urban setting.…
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Journal Article An introduction is presented to reports within the issue on the topic of fatherhood in Asian countries, including an article about Indian fathers by Sriram and Sandhu, a report on Muslim fatherhood in Malaysia by Juhari, Yaacob, and Abu Talib, and a discussion of Japanese fathers by Ishii-Kuntz. It is the aim of this special issue to advance our understanding and stimulate future research on whether and how Asian men's fathering behavior and ideology have changed, how they differ from those in Western societies, and what consequences such changes have brought on the well-being of their…
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Journal Article In a globalizing urban India, middle-class parents are extremely anxious about their child's success and future in a competitive world. In this context, the present article attempts to capture middle-class educated Indian fathers' thoughts, feelings, and contributions in ensuring children's success, through primary research conducted in the city of Baroda in western India using qualitative and quantitative methods. Descriptive data and fathers' voices highlight their notions of achievement, the nature and extent of their involvement in different areas of their children's lives, namely,…
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Journal Article Intergenerational relationships and gender roles in China are in transition because of ideational and structural changes resulting from social movements and policies in the past half a century. Using a mixed-methods design, we examine Shanghai fathers' involvement in their adolescent daughters' lives. In contrast to traditional stereotypes, Shanghai fathers are nurturing and highly involved in multiple domains of their daughters' lives. They also have very high aspirations for their daughters, regardless of their own socioeconomic background. Shanghai fathers see providing emotional and…
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Journal Article This article reports on findings from a study of 989 fathers of school-going children aged 10 through 16 from intact families in rural and urban areas in Selangor, Malaysia. The study aims to explore the factors that affect father involvement among Malay Muslims. Results indicate that fathers' education, marital quality, and number of children are significantly related to their involvement in children's lives. Fathers' perceptions of their own fathers' involvement when they were young is also positively associated with their involvement with children, supporting the concept of…
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Journal Article Dramatic social changes have restructured virtually all aspects of Vietnam society. Although the economic consequences of these changes are well documented, little is known about how family roles and relationships have been affected. Because social and cultural contexts powerfully shape conceptions of parenting, the accelerated rate of social change in Vietnam may have reconfigured notions of fatherhood and fathering. Through increased globalization, Western notions of the modern, involved father and these more egalitarian views of household relationships may indicate a more involved father…
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Journal Article Previous studies mainly examined individual and family factors affecting Japanese fathers' involvement in child care. Along with these factors, we examine how work-related factors such as father-friendly environment at work, workplace's accommodation of parental needs, job stress, and autonomy are associated with Japanese men's participation in child care. Using 2010 data collected from Japanese fathers with preschool children (N = 1,317), a theoretical model is tested on men who work for large or small/medium companies. We find that company's accommodation of parental needs and job autonomy…
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Journal Article Transnational migratory labor remains a primary method many Filipinos use in an effort to gain financial security for their families. Based on data collected from an urban Southern Visayan province during the summer of 2007, this study examined a sample of 116 OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers) families and a sample of 99 traditional two-parent households. Comparative analyses revealed that mothers from OFW families demonstrated lower levels of warmth when compared with mothers from two-parent homes. Children from OFW families were reported to demonstrate greater internalizing and…
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Journal Article This article highlights the success of the Santa Barbara Network of Family Resource Centers that has worked with leadership from First 5 Santa Barbara to establish partnerships and practices that strengthen families and communities. Their collaborative embeds the Strengthening Families Framework into programs and services throughout the county and has resulted in a new initiative aimed at increasing fathers' positive involvement in the lives of their children.
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Journal Article Witnessing violence harms children, and children often enter foster care because of violence at home. But facing and ending violence can be complicated. In this issue, parents explore partner violence -- the controlling patterns of batterers, the fights that flare up under stress, and the aggression driven by mental illness or substance abuse -- and describe the steps they took to get violence out of their lives. (Author abstract)
