It is widely assumed that a linkage, crucial to the understanding of child behavior, exists
between marital and parent–child relationship quality. A meta-analysis of 68 studies was …

This article defines responsible fathering, summarizes the relevant research, and presents a
systemic, ecological framework to organize research and programmatic work in this area. A …

" This is the most important study ever written on motherhood and marriage among low-
income urban women. Edin and Kefalas's timely, engaging, and well-written book is a …

What happens to a couple's relationship when baby makes three? Why do some
relationships improve and others falter? Based on a landmark ten-year study of one hundred …

The twentieth century has been characterized by four important social trends that have
fundamentally changed the social cultural context in which children develop: women's …

Research on coparenting has grown over the past decade, supporting a view of coparenting
as a central element of family life that influences parental adjustment, parenting, and child …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

The current study utilized longitudinal, self-report data from a sample of 109 dual-earner,
working-class couples and their 6-year-old children living in the northeastern United States …

The second edition of Andrea Doucet's Do Men Mother? builds upon the award winning first
edition to further illuminate fathers' candid reflections on caring and the intricate social …

This chapter shows that fathers and families are embedded in a network of biological and
neurological systems, and the biological basis of fathering. There are overall differences in …