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Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family Communication, Second Edition continues to address historically under-studied family relationships, such as those involving grandparents, in-laws, cousins, stepfamilies, and adoptive parents. In this engaging text, editors Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman bring together a diverse collection of empirical studies, theoretic essays, and critical reviews of literature on communication to constitute a stronger, more complete understanding of communication within the family.
Fathering, Caregiving, and Masculinity: Stay-at-Home Fathers and Family Communication
Fathering, Caregiving, and Masculinity: Stay-at-Home Fathers and Family Communication
Stay-at-home fathers (SAHFs) are often defined as men who perform primary caregiving responsibilities for children living at home, do not engage in full-time paid labor outside of the home, and are married to mothers who are the sole or vast majority family breadwinners. Stories of so-called “role reversed” marriages, “trophy husbands,” and “recession stay-at-home dads” recently have been featured in the media and popular press (Harris, 2009; Hymowitz, 2012; Morgan, 2011; Smith, 2009; Stout, 2010). SAHFs and breadwinning mothers also are the focus of a small but growing body of social research (Chesley, 2011; Doucet, 2004, 2007; Kramer & Kramer, 2011; Radin, 1998; Rochlen, McKelley, & Whittaker, ...
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