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Maureen R. Waller - My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Parental Responsibility - 9780801488061 - KEX0228276
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My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Parental Responsibility

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Description for My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Parental Responsibility Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.

About one-third of births in the United States occur to unmarried parents. Evidence suggests that children who grow up in families headed by single parents have worse socioeconomic outcomes than those raised by married parents. "Fatherlessness" has become a byword in public debate and policymaking, yet fundamental questions about unmarried parents and their ideas of paternal responsibility remain unanswered.

In My Baby's Father, Maureen R. Waller draws on interviews with unmarried parents whose children receive welfare to address several basic, vital questions: How do low-income mothers and fathers define the father's obligation to his children and explain irresponsible behavior among ... Read more

The majority of research on low-income families focuses on single mothers. Waller's book also gives a voice to the fathers, historically either excluded from academic and policy discussions or simply characterized as "deadbeat dads" with no sense of paternal responsibility. By documenting the experiences of African-American and white parents simultaneously, Waller illustrates the extent to which beliefs and practices are likely to cut across racial lines. She also shifts the focus from teenagers to adults, who constitute the largest group of unmarried parents.

My Baby's Father provides honest glimpses into the lives of unmarried parents. In addition, it offers specific recommendations for social policies that are both better suited to unmarried parents' socioeconomic situations and more responsive to the practices of responsible fatherhood in low-income families.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801488061
SKU
KEX0228276
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About Maureen R. Waller
Maureen R. Waller is Assistant Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University.

Reviews for My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Parental Responsibility
Waller's focus on low-income unmarried fathers and mothers offers a fascinating glimpse into their inner world.... Waller provides graphic evidence that it is job training, adequate child care, drug treatment programs when needed, and employment, not punitive policies or marriage legislation, that will enhance the economic support, paternal relationships, and co-parenting of poor children.
Edythe M. Krampe, California State ... Read more

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