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The NRFC Library is a collection of materials to build a knowledge base around fathers, fatherhood, and operating a Responsible Fatherhood program. It also houses all resources created by the NRFC, including fact sheets, PSAs, and past webinars.

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8 Cutting Edge Ideas to Super-Charge Your Fatherhood Program.

This e-book contains eight ideas about how practitioners can apply the latest social science research on cognition and behavior to their program or any work they do with dads. Each area of research is explained in its own chapter in easy-to-understand terms, followed by simple examples and tips for…

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Domestic violence/intimate partner violence/dating violence (x)1999 (x)

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Physical Punishment by Mothers and Fathers in British Homes.

The relative extent to which mothers and fathers administer physical punishment sheds light on family relationships, parental roles and, perhaps, the identity of potential abusers. In this study, 362 British mothers and 103 fathers of randomly selected children from 366 two-parent families were interviewed. According to self-reports, the proportions of mothers and fathers who had used physical punishments were similar, as were the frequencies with which they used them. About 50 percent more mothers than fathers smacked or hit their children weekly or more often, whereas fathers were more…

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Juveniles Who Sexually Abuse: The Relationship Between Fathers and Theirs Sons: A Psychoanalytical View.

This chapter reports the findings of a study of father-son relationships among 18 adolescent sex offenders. The objective of the research was to examine the role of paternal deprivation in psycho-sexual development and sexually abusive behavior. None of the boys in the study reported having a warm and nurturing relationship with their birth fathers. Slightly more than half of the boys indicated that their father had abandoned their family when they were young. Eighteen percent of the boys had been sexually abused by their father and 50 percent were physically abused. Psychoanalytic theory…

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