Nurturing Dads: Social Initiatives for Contemporary Fatherhood

by William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy

American fathers are a highly diverse group, but the breadwinning, live-in, biological dad prevails as the fatherhood ideal. Consequently, policymakers continue to emphasize marriage and residency over initiatives that might help foster healthy father-child relationships and creative co-parenting regardless of marital or residential status. In Nurturing Dads, William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy explore the ways new initiatives can address the social,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871545667
• ISBN13: 9780871545664
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"