Ebook: The American Father: Biocultural and Developmental Aspects

In The American Father, Wade C. Mackey documents a wealth of infor­ mation demonstrating the vast benefits to society when its children are raised in families with fathers. The biopsychosocial approach Mackey in human employs is consistent with the current treatment of topics development. This approach-which is grounded in a variety of diverse sources-assumes that we understand little about people when we study them a bit at a time; rather, the fullness of the individual requires a fullness of examination. For example, in the cases of fathers, we note that humans do not reproduce alone; after all, we are not an asexual species. No, human reproduction and its sequelae are social, just as clearly as they are biological, and involve the whole panoply of psychic function (mo­ tivation, sociability, intelligence, and the like). The evidence marshaled by Mackey indicates strongly that indi­ viduals and societies have an essential requirement for something more than mothering; they also need fathering. Much of the discourse and publication on fathers during the past several decades has been posited on a "more is better" model of male parenting in which it is seldom stated who it is better for-the father, the child, the mother, the couple, or the family. Further, much of this discussion infers that fathers are merely "Mr. Moms"; yet this is not so.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Abrading of the American Father....Pages 1-18
Rationales for Entering into the U.S. Fathering Role....Pages 19-36
Looking for a Man-to-Child Bond....Pages 37-55
Results of the Fieldwork....Pages 57-72
Those Two Filters Once Again....Pages 73-98
Father....Pages 99-113
Father the Irrelevant Becomes Father the Underachieving....Pages 115-125
Fathers in the 1990s....Pages 127-136
U.S. Fathering....Pages 137-149
Fathering in the Breccia....Pages 151-173
Electra and Lady Macbeth....Pages 175-188
The U.S. Father....Pages 189-204
The Commons Will Not Stay Fallow....Pages 205-215
Troglyodyte or Semiconductor....Pages 217-227
Back Matter....Pages 229-262

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Abrading of the American Father....Pages 1-18
Rationales for Entering into the U.S. Fathering Role....Pages 19-36
Looking for a Man-to-Child Bond....Pages 37-55
Results of the Fieldwork....Pages 57-72
Those Two Filters Once Again....Pages 73-98
Father....Pages 99-113
Father the Irrelevant Becomes Father the Underachieving....Pages 115-125
Fathers in the 1990s....Pages 127-136
U.S. Fathering....Pages 137-149
Fathering in the Breccia....Pages 151-173
Electra and Lady Macbeth....Pages 175-188
The U.S. Father....Pages 189-204
The Commons Will Not Stay Fallow....Pages 205-215
Troglyodyte or Semiconductor....Pages 217-227
Back Matter....Pages 229-262
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