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- Title: Low-Income Young Fathers: Contexts, Connections, And Self.
- Author : Social Work
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 207 KB
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Teenage pregnancy and out-of-wedlock child-bearing are the subject of much social concern and political debate. There has been an enormous amount of research in this area, most of which focuses on young mothers (Luker, 1996). Comparatively less attention has been paid to young fathers, leading some to refer to young fatherhood as an area of "empirical neglect" (Robinson, 1988). Although the past decade has seen an increase in studies of young fathers, there is still insufficient research attention paid to the psychological experiences and life stories of these young men (Coley & Chase-Lansdale, 1998). There has also been insufficient attention paid to young fathers by practitioners and policymakers, although this has changed in the recent past (Lerman & Ooms, 1993). This lack of attention seems unfortunate as there are resources--both financial and emotional--that young men may be able to bring to their families. Social work literature has encouraged us to pay more attention to this group of young people who have been "neglected too long" (Barret & Robinson, 1982). Further empirical work should help us better understand these young men and perhaps move us away from a societal stereotype of the irresponsible young father (Robinson, 1988).