Life without father : compelling new evidence that fatherhood and marriage are indispensable for the good of children and society
The American family is changing. Divorce, single parents, and stepfamilies are redefining the ways we live together and raise our children. Many "experts" feel these seemingly inevitable changes should be celebrated; they claim that the "new" families, which often lack a strong father, are actually healthier than traditional two-parent families - or, at the very least, do children no harm. But as renowned family sociologist David Popenoe shows in Life Without Father, this optimistic view is severely misguided
Biographies
viii, 275 pages ; 25 cm
9780684822976, 9780674532601, 0684822970, 0674532600
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The remarkable decline of fatherhood and marriage
The human carnage of fatherlessness
Victorian fathers and the rise of the modern nuclear family
The shrinking father and the fall of the nuclear family
What do fathers do?
The essential father
Reclaiming fatherhood and marriage