The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood
Understanding the Parenting Journeys and Support Needs of Young Fathers
1st Edition
Published on 26. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-1-4473-5171-9 (ISBN)
Description
Around 1 in 10 children born in the UK are fathered by men under the age of 25. These men are often from socially disadvantaged areas and frequently overlooked in both research and practice settings. Using findings from a major Economic and Social Research Council study, supplemented with additional data, the authors focus on the transitions of the young men into early parenthood and their unfolding lives thereafter.
As negative popular and media discourse around young fathers begins to shift, policy makers, practitioners, researchers and students will find future policy and practice directions designed to nurture the potential of these young men and their children.
As negative popular and media discourse around young fathers begins to shift, policy makers, practitioners, researchers and students will find future policy and practice directions designed to nurture the potential of these young men and their children.
Reviews / Votes
"One of the most important books on adolescent and young adult fathers ever published. Moving interviews document how young fatherhood is shaped by personal, familial, institutional and societal influences, illuminating factors that facilitate or impede their efforts to be engaged, caring parents and the implications for medical and social services and public policy." Mark S. Kiselica, Penn State HarrisburgMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
5 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-5171-9 (9781447351719)
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Understanding the Parenting Journeys and Support Needs of Young Fathers
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Understanding the Parenting Journeys and Support Needs of Young Fathers
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The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood
Understanding the Parenting Journeys and Support Needs of Young Fathers
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02/2024
1st Edition
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Persons
Bren Neale is Emeritus Professor of Lifecourse and Family Research at the University of Leeds.
Anna Tarrant is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Lincoln.
Anna Tarrant is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Lincoln.
Content
Introduction
Part 1: Young Fatherhood: Contemporary Knowledge and Debate
1. The Lives of Young Fathers
2. Policy Responses and Public Discourses: The Neglect of Young Fathers
3. Researching Young Fatherhood Through Time
Part 2: Living Young Fatherhood: Changing Identities, Relationships and Practices
4. Becoming a Young Father: Transitions, Identities, Choices, Constraints
5. Co-Parenting: The Gendered Dynamics of Young Relationships
6. Reconfiguring Families: Intergenerational care and support?
7. Young Breadwinners? Education, Employment, and Training Trajectories
8. Finding a Place to Parent: Young Fathers' Housing Needs and Pathways - With Linzi Ladlow
Part 3: Supporting Young Fathers: Lived Experiences and Policy Challenges
9. Professional Support for Young Fathers: Support, surveillance, sidelining?
10. Enhancing the Social Engagement of Young Fathers through Qualitative Longitudinal Impact Research
11. Rethinking Young Fatherhood? Citizenship and Compassionate Social Policy
Appendix: Pen Portraits of the Participants
Part 1: Young Fatherhood: Contemporary Knowledge and Debate
1. The Lives of Young Fathers
2. Policy Responses and Public Discourses: The Neglect of Young Fathers
3. Researching Young Fatherhood Through Time
Part 2: Living Young Fatherhood: Changing Identities, Relationships and Practices
4. Becoming a Young Father: Transitions, Identities, Choices, Constraints
5. Co-Parenting: The Gendered Dynamics of Young Relationships
6. Reconfiguring Families: Intergenerational care and support?
7. Young Breadwinners? Education, Employment, and Training Trajectories
8. Finding a Place to Parent: Young Fathers' Housing Needs and Pathways - With Linzi Ladlow
Part 3: Supporting Young Fathers: Lived Experiences and Policy Challenges
9. Professional Support for Young Fathers: Support, surveillance, sidelining?
10. Enhancing the Social Engagement of Young Fathers through Qualitative Longitudinal Impact Research
11. Rethinking Young Fatherhood? Citizenship and Compassionate Social Policy
Appendix: Pen Portraits of the Participants