Intro; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editor and Contributors; Editor; Contributors; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Concepts and Perspectives; Chapter 1: Setting theScene: TheNeed forFocus onFathers andFathering; 1.1 Research Evidence ontheContribution ofFathers; 1.1.1 Fathering Role inPregnancy, Infancy andToddlerhood: Bonding andIts Impact; 1.1.2 Fathering Role inChildhood: Focus onSocial, Emotional andCognitive Development; 1.1.3 Fathering inAdolescence: Its Potential forReducing Negative andRisky Behaviours
1.2 Father's Involvement: Impact onFathers andMothers1.3 The Need foraBook onFathers inIndia: Purpose andStance; 1.4 The Conceptual Framework toUnderstand Fathering; 1.5 Scope andContents oftheBook; References; Chapter 2: A Global Perspective onFathering; 2.1 The Context ofEvolution oftheFocus onFather; 2.2 Understanding Barriers andConstraints toInvolved Fathering; 2.2.1 Fathers Availability forCare Functions; 2.2.2 Commitment andPriority toFathering AmidstSocial andGender Norms; 2.2.3 Lack ofOpportunity forDevelopment ofParenting Skills
2.2.4 Bargaining Position AsaBarrier toFathering2.3 Intervention withFathers: AGlimpse intoApproaches Acrossthe Globe; 2.3.1 Parenting Programmes toImprove Health, Development andLearning ofChildren; 2.3.2 Programmes that Focus onReducing Violence andAbuse; 2.3.3 Other Programmes forDads inDifficult Circumstances; 2.4 Family Laws, Policies andFathers: What Works?; References; Chapter 3: Men asFathers: AnIndian Perspective; 3.1 Understanding India andtheIndian Family Ethos; 3.2 The Father's Role inVedic Literature or Hindu Scriptures andTraditions
3.3 Indian Father inPopular Media andLiterature3.3.1 Popular Magazines, Newspapers inIndia andSocial Media; 3.3.2 Projection oftheFather inHindi Films; 3.4 Men andFathers: ABrief Overview ofResearch inIndia; 3.4.1 Multiple Images ofMasculinity; 3.4.2 Husband or Fathers inReproductive Health andPlanned Parenthood; 3.4.3 A Father's Involvement withHis Children; 3.4.3.1 Importance oftheFather andHis Attachment andCommitment toHis Children; 3.4.3.2 Fathers Aspirations andInvolvement withChildren; 3.4.3.3 Fathers Far fromDominating Disciplinarian
3.4.3.4 Barriers toFather's Involvement3.5 Who Is aGood Father: Peoples Constructions; References; Part II: Fathering in Urban Middle Class: Emerging Realities; Chapter 4: Nature andExtent ofaFather's Involvement: Research Evidence fromWestern India; 4.1 The Context andPurpose; 4.2 Population andSample; 4.3 Tools andTechniques; 4.4 Results; 4.4.1 Extent ofaFather's Involvement; 4.4.2 The Nature ofaFather's Involvement AcrossVarious Domains; 4.4.2.1 Discipline, Monitor andGuide Children; 4.4.2.2 Planning andProviding forChildren's Needs
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This book covers the underexplored subject of 'fathering' in India. It delves into the shared aspirations of men in India to nurture their children in sensitively attuned ways within the culturally prescriptive context that governs men's roles as providers and caregivers. This work is based on over two decades of intensive research in India on how different groups construct and experience fatherhood and fathering under changing circumstances. It unmasks the heterogeneity that exists within fathering in India through conversations with fathers across diverse contexts--in privileged economic situations and those in difficult home and family circumstances, having children with disability, single-parent fathers and fathers in the military. A separate section discusses fathering daughters and shared parenting. Images and role models in fathering are brought alive through analysis of Hindi films, the media, children's literature and classical literature. The conceptual analysis moves beyond the power and control dimensions commonly used to describe Indian men and fathers, to highlight their resilience, adaptability, positive involvement and developmental trajectories. This volume is for scholars, researchers and practitioners in developmental psychology, human development and family science, sociology, early childhood education and psychiatry, pediatrics, community medicine and allied fields.--
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