ISBN:
0309585007
,
9780309585002
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (ix, 51 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als America's fathers and public policy
DDC:
306.8740973
Keywords:
Parent and child United States
;
Fatherhood United States
;
Families Government policy
;
United States
;
Parent and child
;
Fatherhood
;
Families Government policy
;
Public Policy
;
United States
;
Father-Child Relations
;
Socioeconomic Factors
;
Public Policy
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Adoption & Fostering
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; Parent & Adult Child
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; General
;
Family policy
;
Fatherhood
;
Parent and child
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Abuse ; Child Abuse
;
United States
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Presents the full text of "America's Fathers and Public Policy: Report of a Workshop," edited by Nancy A. Crowell and Ethel M. Leeper. Lists committee members and workshop participants and notes acknowledgments. Remarks that the Board on Children and Families convened the workshop, "America's Fathers: Abiding and Emerging Roles in Family and Economic Support Policies," held in Washington, D.C., on September 26-28, 1993. Notes that the main topics of discussion centered around child support, teenage fathers, fathers of disabled children, and inner-city poor fathers. The Report from the workshop examines such topics as economic support, barriers and incentives to involvement, and public policy regarding fathers' rights. Contains a bibliography, a list of references and suggested directions for research, and the workshop's agenda. Links to the home pages of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy Press (NAP), as well as to other reports
Note:
"Board on Children and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-47). - Description based on print version record
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