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Changing role of fathers in their children's lives
- Author:
- BLEWETT James
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.5.08, 2008, p.28, 30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a research review of 700 studies into what part fathers are expected to play in families.
Prisoners' children matter
- Author:
- SALMON Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 159, May 2005, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
The author, Assistant Director (Policy) of Action for Prisoners' Families, discusses the importance of services and support for prisoners' families. The article highlights the need for more service and provides some examples of good practice.
Community and informal social support for recipients of child protective services
- Authors:
- MANJI Shehenaz, MAITER Sarah, PALMER Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 27(3), March 2005, pp.291-308.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
A qualitative study of parents receiving child protective services (CPS) was conducted to understand their experience with CPS involvement. Sixty-one parents from two CPS agencies in Ontario, Canada, participated in semistructured interviews lasting 1.5 to 2 h. A grounded theory approach was used to find emergent themes in the rich data, which included the role of formal and informal supports in parents' lives. The findings indicate that social service organizations, places of belonging in the community, friends, and family are critical factors in mitigating the difficult life circumstances of parents involved with CPS.
Men at work
- Author:
- RANSON Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- Men and Masculinities, 4(1), July 2002, pp.3-26.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reports on an exploratory study to examine the extent to which family responsibilities shape the way men think about their careers and what they do at work. Results found that fatherhood responsibilities for many continued to be organised around the demands of the workplace. Fathers who were most ready to challenge these demands, tended to be those whose career goals had already been met.
Friend of the family
- Author:
- MARTELL Rael
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 73(1), January 2000, p.425.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
The government-backed National Family and Parenting Institute was launched late last year with the aim of enhancing the value and quality of family life, but it immediately ran into controversy.
What do you mean its the relationship? What's that got to do with step-parenting?
- Author:
- OPPER Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Social Work, 4(3), 2000, pp.31-35.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In blended families the two parents have a unique challenge to develop a united front ("WE") in the face of us and them thinking. Without such a united front, the children will naturally manipulate the situation and further divide the blended family. The key to successful step-parenting is the development of a solid "WE" between two parents so that the whole family works together as a unit.
Family planning
- Author:
- PHILLIPS Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 22, Spring 1995, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Significant changes have occurred in family formation and there is concern over what measures can be taken to deal with the modern family. Reviews a new report which draws on a programme of research supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looking at the issues and policies relating to family and parenthood.
Families under stress
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 108, July 1994, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on the work of Home-Start, a voluntary organisation which supports young families under stress.
The only child: myths and reality
- Author:
- LAYBOURN Ann
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Detailed investigation into the myth that only children grow up to be spoiled, lonely and unhappy social misfits. Uses evidence from research studies and suggests that only children are in reality very much like other children from small families, and are as happy and well adjusted as anyone else.
Family routines and rituals following separation: continuity and change
- Authors:
- BAKKER Wilma, KARSTEN Lia, MULDER Clara H.
- Journal article citation:
- Families, Relationships and Societies, 4(3), 2015, pp.365-382(18).
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Separation always changes family life. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the everyday practices of 'doing family' after separation. The authors focus on two central elements of family life: routines and rituals. While in most families both parents are involved in family routines and rituals, this is often not the case in post-separation families. Based on the narratives of 35 separated parents living in the Netherlands, the authors found three types of post-separation families. For all three types, routines with the children are practised separately with each parent or mainly with the resident parent. However, the three types differ greatly in how they practise family rituals. Rituals play an important role in displaying the post-separation family as a coherent unit. (Edited publisher abstract)