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- Title
Single Mothers Raising Children with 'Male-Positive' Attitudes.
- Authors
DOHERTY, WILLIAM J.; CRAFT, SHONDA M.
- Abstract
Among the challenges facing single mothers, a particularly difficult one is how to help children develop 'male-positive' attitudes in situations when the parents have broken up and children have no active relationship with the father. Despite a large academic literature on single mothering, there is strikingly little discussion on this topic. Using symbolic interactionism and family systems theory, we offer psychoeducational messages for single mothers who want to raise their children with male-positive attitudes. We also call for a new cultural conversation on an issue ignored for too long.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of men; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL psychology; FATHER-child relationship; MOTHER-child relationship; PARENTING; SINGLE parents; SYMBOLIC interactionism; FAMILY systems theory; ATTITUDES of mothers
- Publication
Family Process, 2011, Vol 50, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01346.x