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Journal Article Stories in this booklet focus on establishing close, positive relationships with young children and establishing safe, structured home lives. Parents who grew up in unstable homes or whose children have been in foster care or are at risk of entering the child welfare system need support in re-learning to parent their children and developing confidence about their ability to safely care for their children.
If you are using a general parenting curriculum, use Rise stories to tailor the class to the needs and concerns of parents who are with children in foster care or at risk of…
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Journal Article This longitudinal study focused on fathers' involvement from the prenatal period through infants' first year in Dominican immigrants (n = 73), Mexican immigrants (n = 65) and African Americans (n = 66) residing in New York City. Fathers' prenatal involvement, the quality of the mother-father relationship, fathers' postnatal involvement with their 1- and 6 month olds and fathers' involvement with their 14 month-olds (i.e., time spent with infant; eating meals with infant; activities with infant) were examined. Father involvement was uniformly high and stable. Fathers' prenatal involvement…
For generations, fathers and sons have used the language of sports to work out their differences and express their love for each other. Fathers & Sons & Sports presents a powerful lineup of real-world stories about fathers and sons playing one-on-one in the game of life, written by such great sportswriters and authors asHenry Aaron, as told to Cal Fussman, Michael J. Agovino, Buzz Bissinger, Jeff Bradley, John Ed Bradley, James Brown, Darcy Frey, Tom Friend, Bill Geist, Mike Golic, Donald Hall, Paul Hoffman, Mark Kriegel, Norman Maclean, John Buffalo Mailer, Ron Reagan, Peter Richmond…
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This issue brief explains that the economic health and social well-being of the United States are significantly enhanced when parents have the tools they need to help their children start school prepared to learn, develop thesocial skills necessary to pay attention and work in teams, and grow up to be productive adults. It explores the physical development of the infant brain and the impact of stimulus, and the benefits of parent education programs. Findings from studies on the effectiveness of parenting programs are shared, and 10 parenting programs that are strong enough to have a possible…
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Intended for parents, this brief emphasizes the importance of fathers in the development of children. The benefits of active fathering are considered and barriers to active fathering are explained, including: men often have less experience with children than women, men tend not to feel the same social pressure as women to learn how to care for their own, mothers can view fathers as less competent, and family arrangements and socioeconomic realities can make fathering challenge. Strategies for keeping fathers involved in parenting are discussed. 5 references.
In this bold and powerful look at boys today, Dr. Leonard Sax draws on his clinical experience to explain why our young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how we have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys, and shares practical advice on homework, video games, medication, and more. In his afterword for the paperback edition, Dr. Sax outlines new strategies for parents, and explores the Boys Adrift phenomenon from an international perspective. A powerful call to action, Boys Adrift is a must-read for anyone who cares about seeing our young men achieve…
Today's fathers are responding to new expectations about fathering: the remote father of the past has faded and men are now expected to be 'involved' fathers who actively engage with their children. Most turn to leisure and sport to do this, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies, the leisure component of family life is under-played. This book provides a long overdue and thorough investigation of the relationship between fatherhood, sport and leisure.Fathering Through Sport and Leisure investigates what fathers actually do in the time they spend with their children. Leading…
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Destinado a los padres, este resumen enfatiza la importancia de los padres en el desarrollo de los niños. Se consideran los beneficios de la paternidad activa y se explican las barreras para la paternidad activa, que incluyen: los hombres a menudo tienen menos experiencia con los niños que las mujeres, los hombres tienden a no sentir la misma presión social que las mujeres para aprender a cuidar de los suyos, las madres pueden ver los padres como menos competentes, y los arreglos familiares y las realidades socioeconómicas pueden hacer que la paternidad sea un desafío. Se discuten…
With more depth and more resources than 10 Great Ways to Love Your Baby -- but still easy to read -- this handbook is ideal for client families of Early Head Start, Healthy Families America, and other parenting programs. Presentation slides on CD-ROM (2010) are available for purchase, allowing for easy presentation by your staff to clients. (Author abstract modified)
What does it take to live a life of significance?When Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy took home the trophy in Super Bowl XLI, fans around the world looked to him as the epitome of success. Athletic victory, professional excellence, fame and celebrity, awards and honors . . . he had it all. But even at that moment, Tony Dungy knew that those achievements had little to do with his ultimate significance as a man.Coach Dungy still passionately believes that there is a different path to significance--a path characterized by attitudes, ambitions, and allegiances that are all too rare but…
