Sandra L. Hofferth

TL;DR: This life-span approach to fatherhood considers the broader sociohistorical context in which fatherhood develops, and emphasizes the urgent need to consider mothers, fathers, and family structure in future research as the authors seek to understand and model the effects of parenting on children's development.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that although mothers still shoulder the lion's share of the parenting, fathers' involvement relative to that of mothers appears to be on the increase, and a “new father” role is emerging on weekends in intact families.

TL;DR: This article examined how American children under age 13 spend their time, sources of variation in time use, and associations with achievement and behavior, and found that parents' characteristics and decisions regarding marriage, family size, and employment affect the time children spend in educational, structured, and family activities, which may affect their school achievement.

TL;DR: This volume reviews in detail the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior and offers thoughtful insights on the issues of sexual initiation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and the well-being of adolescent families.

TL;DR: This article examined the engagement, availability, participation, and warmth of residential fathers in married biological parent, unmarried biological parent and married stepparent, and cohabiting father families using three different theoretical perspectives: biology, sociology, and selection.