Offers a Christian perspective on the role of men as husbands and fathers, and suggests how to balance the demands of family and work

Product Description: Dimensions of Fatherhood is a state-of-the-art compendium on fathering and the role of the father in the family. With the advent of the women's movement, there has been a corresponding interest in men's roles, especially nurturing roles within the family context...read more

No longer can it be assumed that women are better equipped than men to raise children. Societal changes over the past few decades have broadened the range of acceptable behavior for both sexes, and proficiency in tasks of parenthood is now considered to be independent of gender. In keeping with this trend, investigators have increasingly focused on the role of the father as a primary care giver within the family. Previously neglected by researchers, fathers are now being studies to determine what part they play in the development of their children and, in turn, how this interaction affects their own development.In this volume, the authors provide a comprehensive view of contemporary fathers, both from the perspective of current research and through personal accounts of men describing their own parenting experiences. The result is a theoretically sophisticated text with a human dimension often absent from scholarly studies of the family.The first section provides an overview of different conceptualizations of fatherhood, including a review of life-span and family systems theory. From this theoretical base, the second section goes on to describe the roles of male parents in the context of today's society. Covering such topics as stepfathers, single fathers, gay fathers, teenage fathers, and fathers of disabled children, each chapter contains a comprehensive list of resources available to fathers, as well as a practical list of suggestions for the professional who work with them.Designed as a practical resource for students and professionals in the human services, this unique book also serves as a supplementary text in college and graduate courses in social work, education, child and family development, gender studies, counseling, and nursing. Readable and comprehensive, THE DEVELOPING FATHER is indispensable as a solid reference work that also provides and experiential view of the emerging role of fathers in our families and society.

Product Description: The Father's Book: Shared Experiences

How are men reacting to, perceiving, and behaving in light of the changes in gender roles. Here is an important volume that provides new and interesting reading about contemporary husbands and fathers.Men’s Changing Roles in the Family, offers an overview of the causes and consequences of changes in men’s family roles in recent decades. Experts introduce you to the issues, problems, and methods on the cutting edge of those disciplines that study men in the context of their families. Until now relatively little has been known empirically about men in contemporary families, and even less has been known about husbands and fathers from direct reports of the men themselves. This groundbreaking volume successfully closes this gap in the literature with an examination of the effects that fathers’growing involvement with their children have on their wives and themselves; a clinical assessment of some men’s angry reactions to separation and divorce and those special therapeutic goals and strategies that may help reduce their distress; examinations of the conflicting demands of the work world and the family upon some contemporary husbands and fathers and the negative effects of nonstandard work schedules upon men’s family life; and an examination of factors that make many men unhappy in patriarchal family structures. Men’s Changing Roles in the Family also contributes toward breaking new ground by examining family roles now performed by special groups of men. Finally, this important volume reports empirical findings about men in family-like relationships, illustrating evidence for the unique roles that male caregivers can offer children in day-care centers and reviewing current empirical studies of men’s friendships and their development.

Product Description: Book by Snydal, Larry, Jones, Carl

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: This helpful guide explains the techniques a father can use to strengthen the bond between parent and child. The direct, prescriptive, skill-oriented approach that Dr. Levant brings to this subject, as well as the clarity and sympathy he employs, makes Between Father and Child an enormous help to the many men attempting to incorporate good parenting into their daily lives...read more

Product Description: In recent decades, young fathers have begun playing a larger parenting role than ever, doing things that fathers of a few generations ago believed to be "mother's duties." Here is a doctor's advice to men on all aspects of fatherhood, from assisting at childbirth through sharing routine child-care functions with mom...read more

Offers men advice about being good husbands and fathers, and discusses leadership, personal finances, child rearing, and spiritual values (view table of contents)

Product Description: Exploring the significance of the fathr's role and how a father affects his children's development, this experienced counselor helps adults heal childhood hurts.

A study of the changing roles of men in family life examines the shift away from the ideal of fatherhood, discussing social ailments in terms of the lack of male family involvement (view table of contents)

Product Description: Every father has a hidden desire for his children -- to see them surpass him. How can this come about? Ken Canfield gives a three-part blueprint: First, a dad should examine his own heart. Next, he should take steps to improve the way he connects with his children...read more

Product Description: The American family is changing. Divorce, single parents, and stepfamilies are redefining the way we live together and raise our children. Is this a change for the worse? David Popenoe sets out the case for fatherhood and the two-parent family as the best arrangement for ensuring the well-being and future development of children...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this courageous collaboration the Jampolskys explore their own history in a series of personal letters to each other. Their correspondence reveals the deeply-felt bonds, anxieties, self-doubts, and wounds that are part of every man's life...read more