A Tribute to Fathers
Researching the Role of Fathers in Pregnancy Outcomes
In May, 2010, the Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes (CPIPO), convened by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, published policy recommendations for improving research, policy and practice aimed at promoting father involvement in pregnancy and family health. Noting that infant mortality for African Americans is more than double the rate of white Americans, the CPIPO seeks to identify and overcome barriers to paternal involvement in pregnancy, develop public guidelines for research, policy, education and practice, and develop a media strategy to influence fathers to take a constructive role in family reproductive health.
Are Fathers Necessary?
Men have not always made the most positive contributions to their collective reputation, and this has prompted some to question whether they are even necessary. Are fathers useful only for purposes of procreation, or do they fulfill a much larger and overlooked role in the family?
Men have not always made the most positive contributions to their collective reputation, and this has prompted some to question whether they are even necessary. Are fathers useful only for purposes of procreation, or do they fulfill a much larger and overlooked role in the family?
The Lost Relationship: Fathers and Daughters
Linda Nielsen, interviewed recently by Vision’s Gina Stepp, is a psychologist and professor of adolescent psychology and women’s studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Author of Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You Always Wanted with Your Dad (2004), Nielsen also teaches a “Fathers and Daughters” course, the only one of its kind in the United States for nearly 20 years.
Linda Nielsen, interviewed recently by Vision’s Gina Stepp, is a psychologist and professor of adolescent psychology and women’s studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Author of Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You Always Wanted with Your Dad (2004), Nielsen also teaches a “Fathers and Daughters” course, the only one of its kind in the United States for nearly 20 years.
Like Father, Like . . . Daughter?
Society is beginning to admit that a father is important to a boy’s well-being, but the question of how important fathers are to the well-being of their daughters has all but been ignored.
Society is beginning to admit that a father is important to a boy’s well-being, but the question of how important fathers are to the well-being of their daughters has all but been ignored.
What's a Mother to Do? Of all the difficulties single mothers face, their most distressing one may involve coming to grips with the current understanding about fathers. However, single mothers can raise healthy, happy children. Vision interviews Kathy Stevens of the Gurian Institute to find out how single mothers can help their children find positive male role models.
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DIY Father
DIYFather.com was conceived by Wellington, New Zealand-based dads Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij and Stefan Korn, who recognised the need for a dedicated website for fathers. Based on their own experiences as they struggled to find useful parenting-related information from a male perspective, DIY Father seeks to change the harmful stereotypes that diminish dads the world over.
DIYFather.com was conceived by Wellington, New Zealand-based dads Scott Lancaster, Eric Mooij and Stefan Korn, who recognised the need for a dedicated website for fathers. Based on their own experiences as they struggled to find useful parenting-related information from a male perspective, DIY Father seeks to change the harmful stereotypes that diminish dads the world over.
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