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The Best Kept Secret studies the often-overlooked group of single, African American custodial fathers. While the media focuses on the increase of single mothers and the decline in marriage in the black community, Roberta Coles paints a nuanced picture of single black dads. Based on qualitative resea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coles, Roberta L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Temas:
African American single fathers.
African American single fathers > Psychology.
Child rearing > United States.
Parenting > United States.
African American families > Social conditions.
Pères de famille monoparentale noirs américains.
Pères de famille monoparentale noirs américains > Psychologie.
Éducation des enfants > États-Unis.
Rôle parental > États-Unis.
Familles noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Fatherhood.
African American families > Social conditions
African American single fathers
Child rearing
Parenting
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Best Kept Secret studies the often-overlooked group of single, African American custodial fathers. While the media focuses on the increase of single mothers and the decline in marriage in the black community, Roberta Coles paints a nuanced picture of single black dads. Based on qualitative research, the author looks at the parenting experience of these fathers, who may have become single parents through nonmarital births, divorce, widowhood and adoption. The fathers, ranging in age from 20 to 76, discuss their motivations for taking custody of their children, what roles they enact as paren.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index.
ISBN:9780742566125
0742566129
128249712X
9781282497122

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