Black Single Fathers: Choosing to Parent Full-Time
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Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Fatherhood: An Empowerment-Based Social Work Intervention:
What are the Educational Aspirations of African American Males Raised in Mother-Only Households?
저소득 한부모 자녀의 삶과 발달전략에 관한 질적 연구 (Qualitative Research on the Life and Development Strategy as Children of Low-Income Single Parents)
Ethnography and psychoanalysis
Developing a Work-Life System Using Types of Organizational Culture: An Integrated Perspective of Individuals, Organizations and Policy
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Narrative knowing and the human sciences
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Frequently Asked Questions (12)
Q2. What is the common type of assistance given to fathers?
The two fatherswith the youngest children also are men who work second- or third-shift jobs, and they receive themost assistance (about forty hours of child care per week) from familymembers.
Q3. Why did the fathers take on a full-time parenting role?
because of the biological differences betweenmen andwomen and theway their society has structured gender roles, men have more of a choice than do women as to whether to take on a full-time parenting role once a child is born.
Q4. What is the rate of teen pregnancy among African Americans?
The rate of teen pregnancy has been declining among African Americans in the past few years, and one of the main contributing factors in the apparent rise in the proportion of nonmarital births among African Americans is the increasing tendency to postpone marriage among African Americans and the subsequent declining fertility rates among married black women.
Q5. How many of the nine fathers took custody of their children?
Excluding the adoptive father in this sample, five of the remaining nine fathers had continuously coresided with their children since birth; that is, upon divorce or separation from the mother, they immediately took custody.
Q6. What are the common family member assisters?
Mothers and sisters are themost common family member assisters, but aunts, grandmothers, brothers, and uncles play an occasional role as well.
Q7. What did the fathers say about parenting?
at least four of the fathers here used language that indicated that they also saw parenting as a duty and that self-imposed standards, rather than circumstances, were more likely to have constrained their choice, impelling them to take on the responsibility.
Q8. What is the main reason why black men are less likely to marry?
In particular, the higher level of unemployment among black men has been debated as a factor in determining their lower marriage rates.
Q9. What was the reason for Larry to take custody of his daughter?
Larry waited until he was settled in a two-bedroom apartment to get custody of Erica, and he currently is hoping to be able to move to a larger apartment or house to be able to take his son as well.
Q10. What does he think of the decision to parent as a single father?
Ray, divorced father of ten-year-old Kyle, realizes that his choice to parent as a single father could garner him more kudos than is usual for single mothers.
Q11. What did the fathers say about taking custody of their children?
”For some of the fathers, taking custody just seemed the natural thing to do, given a long-held desire to be a father, to enact an image they had held of the perfect family, and/or to fulfill the close relationship they had with their children.
Q12. How many children did the fathers of girls have?
While this desire to be a rolemodel for their children wasmore often expressed by fathers of boys, girls represented a slight majority of custodial children (seven of a total of thirteen custodial children).