Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also its public image. The contributors in this volume use current polices for the care of infants and preschool children to analyze …
This qualitative study of 18 shared parenting couples explores men's and women's resourcefulness as they create together alternatives to traditional parenting patterns.
This qualitative study of 18 shared parenting couples explores men's and women's resourcefulness as they create together alternatives to traditional parenting patterns. Narrative accounts show a diversity of possible ways to organize family life so both mothers and fathers can b…
"In Do Men Mother? Andrea Doucet looks at the experiences of stay-at-home dads and single fathers and explores these fathers' impact on family life in Canada in recent years. Using evidence gathered in a four-year in-depth qualitative study, including interviews with over one hu…
"In Do Men Mother? Andrea Doucet looks at the experiences of stay-at-home dads and single fathers and explores these fathers' impact on family life in Canada in recent years. Using evidence gathered in a four-year in-depth qualitative study, including interviews with over one hu…
In this age of working mothers, the role of fathering is often overlooked. This book illuminates the realities of fathering by presenting the results of a unique empirical study conducted over four decades and covering four generations. Through case studies and data analysis, Jo…
In this age of working mothers, the role of fathering is often overlooked. This book illuminates the realities of fathering by presenting the results of a unique empirical study conducted over four decades and covering four generations. Through case studies and data analysis, Jo…
Parenting: an ecological perspective
"The text summarizes the latest research on factors that influence parenting, with each chapter providing a look at one important influence and the linkages among these various factors. An ecological perspective draws attention to the fact that the lives of parents and children …
Parenting: An Ecological Perspective was originally created in 1993. Luster and Okigaki have updated the original text focusing on parental behavior and also included new chapters covering topics such as: Fathers/gender of parent; Children with special needs; Ethnicity and socio…
"Priscilla Alderson examines the issue of young children's rights, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. The question of finding a balance between young children's r…
"Priscilla Alderson examines the issue of young children's rights, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. The question of finding a balance between young children's r…
Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, raising provocative questions about "normal" child care. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities…
Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, raising provocative questions about "normal" child care. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities…
