men/family concerns

Product Description: Remain an integral part of your kids' lives during and after divorce. Finalist for The Publishers Marketing Association's Benjamin Franklin Award. More and more, divorced fathers are finding out that rather than being one half of a "broken" home, they can continue to play a crucial role in their children's lives...read more

In The American Father, Wade C. Mackey documents a wealth of infor­ mation demonstrating the vast benefits to society when its children are raised in families with fathers. The biopsychosocial approach Mackey in human employs is consistent with the current treatment of topics development. This approach-which is grounded in a variety of diverse sources-assumes that we understand little about people when we study them a bit at a time; rather, the fullness of the individual requires a fullness of examination. For example, in the cases of fathers, we note that humans do not reproduce alone; after all, we are not an asexual species. No, human reproduction and its sequelae are social, just as clearly as they are biological, and involve the whole panoply of psychic function (mo­ tivation, sociability, intelligence, and the like). The evidence marshaled by Mackey indicates strongly that indi­ viduals and societies have an essential requirement for something more than mothering; they also need fathering. Much of the discourse and publication on fathers during the past several decades has been posited on a "more is better" model of male parenting in which it is seldom stated who it is better for-the father, the child, the mother, the couple, or the family. Further, much of this discussion infers that fathers are merely "Mr. Moms"; yet this is not so.

Book by Snydal, Larry, Jones, Carl

Criticizing established custody practices awarding children primarily to their mothers, the authors argue for shared parental responsibility and offer strategies for working out joint-custody arrangements

Discusses the problems divorced parents face, offers advice on child custody, budgeting, and household management, and indicates what effect divorce has on children

Product Description: Straight talk to divorced men who love their children, but no longer live with them.

Looks at the role of the father, discusses the father-child bond, and tells how to help children develop self-confidence, discipline, and independence

Explores the importance of fathers and fathering in the life of the family, looks at the consequences resulting from absent fathers, and outlines a vision of fatherhood for the future

The author recounts a month he spent with his wife and children and examines his role as father in relation to his father's standards

Product Description: Bringing together the views of professionals in psychology, social work, education, nursing and other fields, this work describes the changing roles of men as husbands and fathers. Its intention is to clarify how these changes are influencing today's American family as well as men's personal lives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The decline of fatherhood is one of the most serious problems currently facing our society. While in 1960 both fathers and mothers were present in almost 81 percent of family households, by 1990 both parents were present in only 58 percent of family households...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book profiles three groups of nonresidential fathers--teens, older fathers, and unmarried or divorced fathers. It promotes a fuller understanding of their problems, and offers an array of strategies for involving them in their children's lives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Explores the importance of fathers and fathering in the life of the family, looks at the consequences resulting from absent fathers, and outlines a vision of fatherhood for the future

An easy-to-follow, in-depth guide for parenting children of all age groups, from infancy through adolescence and adulthood, examines the differences between male and female parenting styles and offers dads hands-on advice on caring for their sons and daughters alongside mom. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Product Description: Biller, well known for his extensive research into the impacts of involved fathering or the absence thereof, provides a comprehensive, straightforward analysis of just how important paternal involvement really is. He describes the great advantages accruing to a child when the father, as well as the mother, actively participates in the parenting process...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Father's Book: Shared Experiences

Presents advice for busy fathers on ways to reconnect with their family.

A first-time father shares funny and incisive observations on fatherhood in the 1990s that explore such issues as balancing work and family, enhancing the relationship with one's wife, finding role models, and more. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. First serial, Parents Magazine.