Focus on Fathering

Preliminaries......Page 1
Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Fathering roles, responsibilities and Fathering roles, responsibilities and......Page 14
The fathers’ narratives......Page 30
Fathers: exploring the voices of children and young people......Page 48
Fathers: important, unique or uniquely important?......Page 68
Mad, bad, or just plain sad dads......Page 86
The father in the mind......Page 106
A feminist perspective on fathering......Page 120
Fathers’ role in family services......Page 138
Inviting men back to the family......Page 156
Dads Talkin’ to Dads......Page 172
Who are the fathers?......Page 188
An overview of research methodology in the development of family-focused treatment programs......Page 204
Relationships between men and their children......Page 224