Gender and Parenthood:

Name: Gender and Parenthood:
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ISBN: 9780231160698

ISBN-10: 0231160690

ISBN-13: 9780231160698

Edition: 2012

Authors: W. Bradford Wilcox

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The essays in this collection deploy biological and social scientific perspectives to evaluate the transformative experience of parenthood for today's women and men. It maps the similar and distinct roles mothers and fathers play in their children's lives, and it measures the effect of gendered parenting on child well-being, work and family arrangements, and the quality of couples' relationships. Contributors combine several disciplinary approaches and represent a range of ideological views. They describe what happens to brains and bodies when women become mothers and men become fathers; whether the stakes are the same or different for each sex; why, across history and cultures, women are…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Binding: Paperback
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




How and Why is Parenthood Gendered?



The Dynamic Nature of the Parental Brain




Family Life and Infant Care: Lessons from Cooperatively Breeding Primates




Human Parenting from an Evolutionary Perspective




Parenting ï¿½ Gender ï¿½ Culture ï¿½ Time




Gender Differences and Similarities in Parental Behavior




Gender and Parenting Across the Family Life Cycle




Implications for Children, Couples, and Families



Essential Elements of the Caretaking Crucible




Gendered Parenting's Implications for Children's Well-Being: Theory and Research in Applied Perspective




Do Fathers Uniquely Matter for Adolescent Weil-Being?




No One Best Way. Work-Family Strategies, the Gendered Division of Parenting, and the Contemporary Marriages of Mothers and Fathers




The Effect of Gender-Based Parental Influences on Raising Children: The Impact on Couples' Relationships




Single Mothers Raising Children Without Fathers: Implications for Rearing Children with Male-Positive Attitudes



List of Contributors


Index