African American fathers: Myths and realities about their involvement with their firstborn children
An examination of the extent and predictors of parental involvment among young, urban, African-American fathers, using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a longitudinal survey following 1,000 adolescents in 1987-1988 Rochester, New York
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Attitudes toward the employment of mothers of preschoolers: Implications for child care
A discussion of attitudes towards maternal employment, child care and implications on policy
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Biological determinism redux: Comment on Silverstein (1993)
A commentary on misinterpretations of sociobiological perspectives, particularly regarding male primate involvement in child care
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''Cadism'': Odd man out
A critique of Louise Silverman's article, Transforming the debate about child care and maternal employment, that challenges her portrayal of absent fathers and encourages research on fathers' roles within family systems
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Care, paid work, and leisure: Rounding the triangle
A discussion of the distribution of paid work and child care responsibilities and the impact of employment and child care policies on gender equity in France and the United Kingdom.
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Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual-earner households: Maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks
A study of maternal reports of gender differences in weekday father involvement with 12-month-olds in 47 dual earner households utilizing full time infant day care with a focus on father’s time alone with infants, time available to the infant, and participation in care giving tasks
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Changing attitudes toward day care and maternal employment as portrayed in women's magazines: 1977-1990
A discussion of how attitudes about child care and its effects on children changed from positive to increasingly negative in magazines catering to women from 1977 to 1990
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Child care and employment turnover
An analysis of the relationship between maternal employment and child care cost, quality, and availability, focusing on the employment choices of mothers with young children
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Childcare and welfare (in)justice
A discussion of welfare reform and its impact on child care, including a historical perspective on impoverished mothers’ use of social services and the political and social implications of welfare reform policy
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Child care costs and women's employment: A comparison of single and married mothers with pre-school-aged children
An analysis of the effects of child care costs on the employment of single and married women with preschool-aged children, using data from the 1991 to 1994 March Current Population Surveys
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Child care demand and labor supply of young mothers over time
A study of maternal employment, child care and fertility decisions over time using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of youth
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Child care matters: Building economic security for low-income women
An exploration of the links between child care and women's economic security, and a discussion of the role of private women's funders in the improvements of the availability of quality child care to low-income women
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Child care policy at the crossroads: Gender and welfare state restructuring
A critical discussion identifying and deconstructing the themes that have formed traditional views of early childhood education; a new concept of early childhood education is offered that is based on social justice and humanity
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Child care through the eyes of parents, children and child care providers: Significant male figures' perceptions of child care
Findings from a study of child care practices, needs, opinions, and beliefs among significant male figures in a sample of low- and middle-income families in Minnesota, based on interviews with 18 men, including biological fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, boyfriends, friends of mothers, and other male figures
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Company culture and men's usage of family leave benefits in Sweden
A study of the effects of corporate culture on men’s likelihood of becoming more involved in child care and using family leave benefits in Sweden and the United States
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Creating paths to father involvement: Lessons from Early Head Start
An overview of lessons learned from the design, implementation, and operation of 21 programs intended to involve low-income fathers in intervention programs for young children
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Cumulative parenting stress across the preschool period: Relations to maternal parenting and child behaviour at age 5
A study of cumulative parenting stress across two domains, life events, and parenting daily challenges, assessed with children 3-5 years old in a sample of 125 children and their mothers
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Dad takes child-care leave
A personal reflection from the first man in Japan to take paternity leave discussing how both he and the people of Japan were affected by his actions.
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Depressed moms & child development
Key findings from a longitudinal study on the correlation between maternal depression and children's development and school readiness, based on data on 1,215 mothers and their children assessed regularly from 1 to 36 months
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Determinants of responsibility for child care arrangements among dual-earner couples
An analysis of the human capital and social-structural explanations of men’s and women’s responsibility for child arrangements and household labor
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The differential impact of early father and mother involvement on later student achievement
An exploration of the links between early parental involvement and later student achievement, based on a subsample of 1,474 children and their fathers from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID-CDS)
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The division of household labor and child care in urban Chinese families
A study of the division of household labor and child care in urban Chinese families as it relates to gender, resources/power, and time availability
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The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Mothers’ Work Schedules
An investigation of the effect of child care subsidies on the career success of poor working mothers, addressing the issues of child care subsidy receipt, work-hour related problems, and the risks associated with employment termination, based on a survey of 215 mothers
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Effects of childcare responsibility and self-efficacy on the wellness of working women with young children
An analysis of the relationship between child care responsibility and efficacy beliefs and the well-being and stress level of employed, married mothers with young children, based on a sample of 117 women with children under age 6, from Staten Island, New York
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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security [Abridged]
A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life
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