Sharing Care: Equal and Primary Carer Fathers and Early Years Parenting
Rachel Brooks (University of Surrey),Paul Hodkinson (University of Surrey)
Sharing Care: Equal and Primary Carer Fathers and Early Years Parenting
Rachel Brooks (University of Surrey),Paul Hodkinson (University of Surrey)
This timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children.
Offering academic insight and practical recommendations, this will be key reading for researchers, policymakers, practitioners and students interested in contemporary families. Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children. The authors examine what prompts these arrangements, how fathers adjust to their caregiving roles over time, and what challenges they face along the way.
The book asks what would encourage more fathers to become primary or equal caregivers, and how we can make things easier for those who do. Offering new academic insight and practical recommendations, this will be key reading for those interested in parenting, families and gender, including researchers, policymakers, practitioners and students.
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