Fatherhood

by Ross D. Parke

Book Overview

It has been said that fathers are a biological necessity but a social accident. When Ross Parke first wrote about fathers for the Developing Child series, American culture seemed to adhere strongly to the stereotype of Dad the breadwinner, pacing outside the delivery room and peeking through the nursery window, and Mom the homemaker, warming bottles and changing diapers. Simple--in fact, a bit too simple. In the intervening years the conventional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674295188
• ISBN13: 9780674295186
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"