CDFS 408 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Premarital Sex, Sperm Donation, Sole Custody
1 Jun 2018
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Diversity: Motherhood and Fatherhood
Motherhood
A universal role
Central to a woman’s identity
Cultural differences in parenting
Motherhood Expectations
Mothers assume primary responsibility for children
Primary psychological parent
Major emotional responsibility
Recent societal expectations of fathers
Mothers
Engage in more hands-on parenting than fathers
Regardless of relationship status
Take primary responsibility for child’s upbringing
Mothers and fathers define quality time differently
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Among heterosexual couples
Fathers overestimate their involvement
Fathers are more likely to be highly involved when…mothers see’s him as competent
father believes mother has confidence in him
Single Mothers
About 38 % of births are to unmarried mothers
Rates have been steadily increasing
Due to multiple factors
Delayed marriage
Increase in premarital sex
Increased divorce rates
Single mothers are a diverse group
By choice
Adoption or Sperm donor
30s and 40s
By circumstance
Variety or ways
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Document Summary
Fathers are more likely to be highly involved when mothers see"s him as competent father believes mother has confidence in him. About 38 % of births are to unmarried mothers. One of the most stressful times in a man"s life. Roles that are not well prepared for or socialized to take on. Financial support, care, emotional support and establish legal paternity. Father"s involvement in a child"s upbringing positive cognitive. Emotional and behavioral outcomes from infancy into adolescence. Father absence adverse effects cognitive, moral, and social development is not always the best thing. Social fathers- nonbiological fathers in the role of fathers. The role of fathers are strikingly different in the us. More likely to play with or engage in leisure activities with children. Low income fathers of color not always unmarried/absent fathers usually married and involved with child"s upbringing. African american father fathers at a young age outside of marriage be unemployed.
