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Child Psychology Mander, G. May 2001 . "Fatherhood Term Paper
Pages:2 (551 words)
Subject:Social Science
Topic:Child Psychology
Document Type:Term Paper
Document:#5655469
Child Psychology
Mander, G. (May 2001). "Fatherhood Today: variations on a theme." Psychodynamic Counselling, Vol. 7, Issue 2.
This journal article centers on the increasing role that fathers play in parenting, especially among single parents. Mander discusses how parenting among fathers has become more an exception than the norm, and they were relegated to "minimal" roles that downplay their role as a parent, such as simply being "mere sperm donors." The article recommends that laws should be studied in order to improve the state of single parenting in society, for it is possible for children to experience having a 'complete family' even though their parents are separated. This, for the author, is a big step towards improving marriage and family laws, resulting to better child development in the process.
Seaman, P. And H. Sweeting. (June 2004). "Assisting young people's access to social capital in contemporary families: a qualitative study." Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 7, Issue 2.
In this study, Seaman and Sweeting focuses on the role that parenting has over "social capital" produced by their children. Social capital in the context of the study means the child's ability to establish and maintain social relationships with other people. The study's findings show that despite differences in family structures -- that is, whether the child is raised by a complete set of parents or by a single parent, there are no "negative consequences" in the child's ability to establish relationships with others. However, since single parenting is closely associated with financial hardships, there is greater challenge for single parents to create a family environment that harbors a positive towards establishing relations with others.
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Important findings from this study show that single parents have "less intimate" relationships with their children than those families between children and their parents (from intact families). This study demonstrates how single parenting poses as a major influence in child development, and determining the factors that contribute to the decline in intimacy between single parent and child (children) is vital.
Dunn, J. And T. O'Connor. (December 2002). "Out of the picture: a study of family drawings by children from step-, single-parent, and non-step families." Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Vol.31, Issue 4.
This study was conducted in order to determine how children cope with the effects of divorce and remarriage, which was found to affect their development. Results from the study reflect that non-biological relatedness, i.e., the addition of a step-family, results to greater disconnectedness between the child and the family than those children from single-parent and non-step families.