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- Title
"Just Be There For Them": Perceptions of Fathering among Single, Low-income Men.
- Authors
Forste, Renata; Bartkowski, John P.; Jackson, Rebecca Allen
- Abstract
Using an interpretive life course perspective, we explore how men define their role as fathers based on experiences with their own fathers in the past. Based on qualitative interview data collected from thirty-six low-income fathers, we consider men's relationships with their own fathers in terms of residence and affective evaluations. Our investigation reveals how men negotiate the demands of fatherhood in light of economic constraints and the absence of marriage, focusing on fathering role models and men's perceptions of fathering roles. Overall, men not close to their fathers defined fathering primarily in terms of the breadwinner role as opposed to the nurturing role, which was more apparent in the narratives of men close to their fathers.
- Subjects
FATHERHOOD; LOW-income parents; HOUSEHUSBANDS; FATHER-child relationship; FAMILIES; INTERPERSONAL relations
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.0701.49