Product Description: Father-child interactions are thought to benefit children's development by supporting positive outcomes and buffering negative outcomes (Halle et al., 1998). As we see a decline in the proportions of children living with their fathers' policy makers, researchers and practitioners are paying more attention to father involvement (Coley, 2000; Lamb, 1997)...read more

Product Description: Families come in all sizes, shapes, and traditions, each a unique variation of a universal human theme. Whether one comes from a heterosexual, single-sex, or one-parent home, stability and love are paramount. Unfortunately, in the United States, the absence of fathers from their children’s lives has become a real problem...read more

Product Description: Ernest Lyght and Johnathan Keaton are fathers and United Methodist Bishops who have come together to share their firsthand experience of the responsibilities, trials, and joys of fatherhood. With God the Father as their example, Bishops Lyght and Keaton take a look at their own fathers, themselves as fathers, the fathers of the church and the lack of fathers in the homes of African-American families...read more

In the parlance of social psychology, social work, and urban social scientists, African American fathers have often been described as "absent," "missing," "non-residential," "non-custodial," "unavailable," "non-married," "irresponsible," and "immature." It is wondered why it is/was so difficult to find literature, research, and comments regarding positive attributes of African American families in general and African American fathers in particular. This book fills a void in attempting to offer a broader picture regarding the status of African American males in a father role. The purpose is to get beyond the African American father "invisibility" syndrome and gloom and doom pathology oriented labels and tell another side of the story about the power of fathering in the African American experience. The book brings these "invisible" social and biological fathers to life by telling their stories and letting the reader hear and feel the vibrancy of their voices as they struggle to meet the challenges of being fathers and Black men in America.Black Fathers: An Invisible Presence in America is divided into four sections:*Part I offers some research and theory regarding the impact of fathers on the lives of their children.*In Part II, reactions and experiences from those men who had active, involved, and committed Black men in their lives as they were growing up are shared.*In Part III, stories are shared from African American men who had problematic relationships with their fathers, but who put forth the time, energy, and effort to work through the issues.*The primary focus of Part IV is on how to strengthen the role of Black fathers, father figures, and social fathers in family life and child rearing by discovering and internalizing psychological strengths anchored in African American psychological themes, African values, and spirituality.This book will appeal to scholars and researchers in the fields of race/ethnic relations, family studies, and Black studies.

Product Description: Common stereotypes portray black fathers as being largely absent from their families. Yet while black fathers are less likely than white and Hispanic fathers to marry their child's mother, many continue to parent through cohabitation and visitation, providing caretaking, financial, and other in-kind support...read more

Product Description: How do young black fathers relate to their children, as well as to their own fathers? How do they see — and play — their roles in both family and community? These are some of the big questions this timely, accessible book addresses...read more

Product Description: The fatherless black family is a problem that grows to bigger proportions every year as generations of black children grow up without an adult male in their homes. As this dire pattern grows worse, what can men do who hope to break it, when there are so few models and so little guidance in their own homes and communities? Where can they learn to “become Dad?” When Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Pitts—who himself grew up with an abusive father whose absences came as a relief—interviewed dozens of men across the country, he found both discouragement and hope, as well as deep insights into his own roles as son and father...read more

Product Description: This easy to read book is full of down to earth advice and illustrated with black and white pictures of fathers and children.

Product Description: The majority of African American children live in homes without their fathers, but the proportion of African American children living in intact, two-parent families has risen significantly since 1995. Black Fathers in Contemporary American Society looks at father absence from two sides, offering an in-depth analysis of how the absence of African American fathers affects their children, their relationships, and society as a whole, while countering the notion that father absence and family fragmentation within the African American community is inevitable...read more

A celebration of black fatherhood discusses its unique characteristics and the complexities faced by working fathers, single fathers, and black male role models.

Product Description: Absent fathers and households headed by single mothers are frequently blamed for the poor quality of life of African-American children. This book challenges these assumptions, arguing that they are largely an unfair reflection of non-working class white American values...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This collection brings together the voices of nine scholars to reflect on the culturally and politically charged concept of 'fatherlessness' and to illustrate the divisions which constitute public debate on the issue. The book offers a range of perspectives, from conservative to radical feminist.

Twelve gifted African-American writers explore and celebrate the diverse and complex relationships that exist between fathers and sons, reflecting on lessons learned from their fathers and their hopes for their own sons

Product Description: Daddy, We Need You Now! focuses on the Black family and the patterns of socialization within it. It validates the role of "responsible" fathers and provides empirical evidence that responsible fathers will make a positive difference in the lives of Black youth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)