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- Title
THE CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT.
- Authors
Sullivan, Robin
- Abstract
Recent research has been used to frame the Focus on Fathering Project, conducted by the Queensland Commission for Children and Young People. One can see an increasing recognition of the importance of healthy relationships, of the effects of domestic and family violence on children (either as witnesses or victims), and of the costs to women, men, children, families and society of problematic relationships. Changes in the composition of families and in the workforce, through increased unemployment for men and increasing rates of employment for women, have also been part of the public debate over the well being of children. It will discuss a range of recent research and writings in Australia and the United States which has been used to frame the Queensland Commission for Children and Young People's Focus on Fathering project. Many men experience fatherhood as a sequence of relationships with children, some biologically theirs and some the children of spouses or partners. When one tries to pinpoint fathering behaviour, one can find that there are men who increasingly view children and fatherhood as an unnecessary and unwanted responsibility.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; FATHERHOOD; PARENTING; FAMILIES; DOMESTIC violence; FATHER-child relationship
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 58, p46
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article