Fathers And Their Families

<P>Although a great deal has been written about the development of children, the mother-child relationship, and the differing psychologies of women and men, the study of fathers, fathering, and fatherhood has, until very recently, been virtually ignored.  <EM>Fathers and Their Families</EM> redresses this situation with original contributions covering fathering and fatherhood in their interacting psychological, familial, and social dimensions.  In 28 chapters and extensive editorial commentary, the editors and their contributors explore the changing roles of fathers - changes prompted partly by societal shifts and partly by changes in the family and in "traditional" parental roles.</P><P>The broad questions that guide the editors and contributors could not be more timely.   Among the topical studies contained in this collection are illuminating examinations of fathers as single parents, readiness for grandfatherhood, transition to fatherhood, father-daughter relatio

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