3. Understanding Fathers as Primary Caregivers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Second Edition of Do Men Mother? vii
4. Acknowledgments for the Second Edition (2017) xxv
5. Acknowledgments for the First Edition (2006) xxix
6. Introduction to the First Edition 3
7. Part 1: Coming to Know Fathers’ Stories
8. 1. Men, Mothering, and Fathering 19
9. 2. Knowing Fathers’ Stories through Gossamer Walls 45
10. 3. Understanding Fathers as Primary Caregivers 73
11. Part 2: Do Men Mother? Fathering, Care, and Responsibilities
12. 4. Fathers and Emotional Responsibilities 107
13. 5. Fathers and Community Responsibilities 135
14. 6. Fathering, Mothering, and “Moral” Responsibilities 172
15. Part 3: Conclusion to the First Edition
16. 7. Conclusion: Men Reconstructing Fathering, Care, and Masculinities 213
17. Postscript (2006) 243
18. Part 4: Revisitings and Revisionings (2017)
19. 8. Revisiting Concepts and Narratives of Parental Responsibilities: An Ecological Approach 251
20. 9. Revisioning and Reimagining Conceptual Narratives of Care 290
21. Appendix A: Who Are The Fathers? 311
22. Appendix B: Interviewing: “Coaxing” Fathers’ Stories (2006/2017) 334
23. Appendix C: The Listening Guide 350
24. Appendix D: Remaking the Listening Guide 357
25. Notes 365
26. References (to First and Second Editions) 397
27. Index 451