A Father S Path
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A Father's Path: On Fathers and Sons, the Space in Between, and Beyond (A Collection of Essays, Ideas, and Reflections)
Author: Dr. John C. Panepinto
language: en
Publisher: BookLocker.com
Release Date: 2022-04-05
A Father's Path looks at the unique relationship of fathers and sons through a developmental lens, offering valuable ideas to build, strengthen, understand, and mend relationships. The Path offers an intergenerational view of son to father to son and suggests that the journey of fatherhood can be better understood across this wider span of time. Only then can a father see where he came from, how times have changed, and how these changes can influence the relationship for better or worse. And from this wider view, a father can look ahead, more hopeful, more capable, and more empathic in the role. A Father's Path not only looks at fathers and sons, but offers a view of the space in between. For here is where the quality of connection runs from devoted to devoid. Culturally, some of the greatest challenges we face in society are born in the first few years of the father-child relationship when he is not present or responsive. But the hope and power also exists in these precious first years--and beyond-- as research on father involvement has shown. Starting with the author's relationship with his father, Dr. Panepinto narrates his path from son to father. He offers how individuality, communication, and changing cultural norms influenced and challenged this foundational connection, and describes the continuum of common emotions felt in this space. And how the experience and reflection over time informed and transformed his views of fatherhood. Throughout the book, Dr. Panepinto weaves reflections and ideas on fatherhood as well as important developmental principles. Drawing on his clinical experience in development, attachment, and parenting, he shares concepts and tools in an approachable way. Using forms from short stories to blog posts, from articles to journal entries, the full experience of fatherhood is offered meaningfully and poignantly--and sure to make you laugh as well. A Father's Path offers an intergenerational view of son to father to son unlike any other. The Path offers a view from above the journey sure to inspire and encourage you to reflect on the relationships you had or have with your father, your grandfather, your sons, and if you are in that stage, your grandsons. And, most importantly, sense in a new way, the power, importance, and influence of fatherhood.
The Intentional Father
Self-initiation is killing our young men. Without strong mentors, boys are walking alone into a wilderness of conflicting messages about who they should be as men. It's no wonder that our sons are confused about what the world expects from them and what they should expect of themselves. The Intentional Father is the antidote. This concise book is filled with practical steps to help men raise sons of consequence--young men who know what they believe, know who they are, and will stand up against the negative cultural trends of our day. Jon Tyson lays out a clear path for fathers and sons that includes specific activities, rites of passage, and significant "marking moments" that can be customized to fit any family. It's not enough to hope our sons will become good men. We need them to be good at being men. This book shows how fathers, grandfathers, and other male mentors can lead the way.
Family Men: Fathers as Coparents in Diverse Contexts and Family Structures, volume II
Author: Sarah E. DeMartini
language: en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date: 2024-12-12
Significant contextual changes over the past few decades have suggested that mother-focused models of science do not accurately capture fathers’ involvement as caregivers and coparents. Extant research, such as the study from Cabrera and their team in 2018, has debunked myths that paint fathers solely as secondary caregivers, “hands off” parents, and absent fathers. On the contrary, recent studies have suggested that fathers exert significant direct and indirect influences on child development and partner relationship quality via coparenting – how parents work with or against each other to care for their children (e.g. the studies from Farr & Patterson in 2013; Kuo and their team in 2017; McHale and their team in 2019; Murphy and their team in 2017 and Schoppe-Sullivan & Fagan in 2020). According to McHale and their team's research in 2019, coparenting has been of interest to family systems researchers, clinicians, as well as intervention and preventionists, due to this construct capturing whole-family dynamics. While much of coparenting literature has focused on gender differences in the roles and involvement of opposite-sex coparents, such as the research from Carone & Lingiardi in 2022. However, we know less about coparenting in alternative family structures, particularly gay father coparents, as mothers are heavily emphasized in extant literature.