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Doing the best I can : fatherhood in the inner city

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In this paper, one thing leads to another and another and the Stupid Shit leads to Stupid Shit 4. Ward Cleaver 5. Sesame Street Mornings 6. Fight or Flight 7. Try, Try Again 8. The New Package Deal Appendix Notes References Index
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. One Thing Leads to Another 2. Thank You, Jesus 3. The Stupid Shit 4. Ward Cleaver 5. Sesame Street Mornings 6. Fight or Flight 7. Try, Try Again 8. The New Package Deal Appendix Notes References Index

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Game Changers: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of the Economic, Social, and Political Factors Impacting Black Fatherhood and Family Formation

TL;DR: Two of the major arguments—the slavery argument and the cultural argument—offered in the empirical research literature in an attempt to explain the shifts that have occurred within Black families historically are examined and a set of policy recommendations for strengthening Black fatherhood and family formation in the 21st century are concluded.
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Examining the longitudinal effects of paternal incarceration and coparenting relationships on sons' educational outcomes: A mediation analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the literacy trajectory of African American boys whose fathers experience incarceration and to what extent does co-parenting between fathers and mothers intervene or moderate the effects of incarceration.
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The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men

TL;DR: This paper explored how working-class men describe their attachment to work, family, and religion, and found that these workingclass men showed both a detachment from institutions and an engagement with more autonomous forms of work, childrearing, and spirituality, often with an emphasis on generativity, by which they mean a desire to guide and nurture the next generation.
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Providing After Prison: Nonresident Fathers’ Formal and Informal Contributions to Children

TL;DR: The authors investigated the associations between incarceration and nonresident fathers' cash and in-kind contributions to their children's household economy, and found that paternal incarceration reduces formal and informal support and that some policies offset the incarceration penalty, but clear differences by fathers' race emerge.