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- catalog abstract "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. Examining evidence from social and behavioral science, history, and evolutionary biology, Popenoe shows why fathers today are deserting their families in record numbers. The disintegration of the child-centered, two-parent family - especially in the inner cities, where as many as two in three children are growing up without their fathers - and the weakening commitment of fathers to their children that more and more follows divorce, are central causes of many of our worst individual and social problems. Juvenile delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy, welfare dependency, and child poverty can be directly traced to fathers' lack of involvement in their children's lives. Our situation will only get worse, Popenoe warns, unless men are willing to renew their commitment to their marriages and their children. Yet he is not just an alarmist. In Life Without Father, he suggests concrete policies, and new ways of thinking and acting, that will help all fathers improve their marriages and family lives, and tells us what we as individuals and as a society can do to support and strengthen the most important thing a man can do.".
- catalog contributor b11066609.
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Examining evidence from social and behavioral science, history, and evolutionary biology, Popenoe shows why fathers today are deserting their families in record numbers. The disintegration of the child-centered, two-parent family - especially in the inner cities, where as many as two in three children are growing up without their fathers - and the weakening commitment of fathers to their children that more and more follows divorce, are central causes of many of our worst individual and social problems. Juvenile delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy, welfare dependency, and child poverty can be directly traced to fathers' lack of involvement in their children's lives.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-264) and index.".
- catalog description "Our situation will only get worse, Popenoe warns, unless men are willing to renew their commitment to their marriages and their children. Yet he is not just an alarmist. In Life Without Father, he suggests concrete policies, and new ways of thinking and acting, that will help all fathers improve their marriages and family lives, and tells us what we as individuals and as a society can do to support and strengthen the most important thing a man can do.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "viii, 275 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Life without father.".
- catalog identifier "0684822970".
- catalog isFormatOf "Life without father.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Martin Kessler Books,".
- catalog relation "Life without father.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.874/2 20".
- catalog subject "Children of single parents United States.".
- catalog subject "Fatherhood United States.".
- catalog subject "Fatherless families United States.".
- catalog subject "Fathers United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ756 .P65 1996".
- catalog subject "Paternal deprivation United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Life without father : compelling new evidence that fatherhood and marriage are indispensable for the good of children and society / David Popenoe.".
- catalog type "text".