Fathers and Children Together: A Guide to Developing a Parenting Identity and Supporting Your Child

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Jay Fagan Glen Palm

Fathers and Children Together

A Guide to Developing a Parenting Identity and Supporting Your Child

Jay Fagan, Glen Palm

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Routledge
22 October 2024

Child & developmental psychology; Family psychology; Organisation & management of education; School community relations & school home relations; Politics & government; Psychotherapy; Advice on parenting

Full of research-backed advice, examples, and reflection questions throughout, this book is for fathers seeking to build their parenting identity while effectively supporting their child from conception to adulthood.

Covering topics such as opportunities for fathers to connect to their children during each stage of development, occasions for men to grow and develop when they become fathers, advice for healthy and successful coparenting, as well as how to support a positive father-child relationship, this book provides important answers to questions that fathers frequently ask about parenting.

Fathers and Children Together is a must read for fathers aspiring to create strong connections to their children, as well as all parents, practitioners, and students in disciplines such as psychology, human development and family studies, parent education, and social work.

By: Jay Fagan, Glen Palm
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032779591
ISBN 10: 1032779594
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 22 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jay Fagan is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, and former Co-director of the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network. He was the founding editor of the journal Fathering. He taught human behavior and social environment courses at Temple University for 31 years. Glen Palm is a Professor Emeritus of Child and Family Studies at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, where he taught Child Development, Family Studies, and Parent Education. He has practiced parent education with fathers in a variety of settings (education, health care and corrections) for more than 40 years.