Full Description
Around 1 in 10 children born in the UK are fathered by men under the age of 25. These men are often from socially disadvantaged areas and frequently overlooked in both research and practice settings. Using findings from a major Economic and Social Research Council study, supplemented with additional data, the authors focus on the transitions of the young men into early parenthood and their unfolding lives thereafter.
As negative popular and media discourse around young fathers begins to shift, policy makers, practitioners, researchers and students will find future policy and practice directions designed to nurture the potential of these young men and their children.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Young Fatherhood: Contemporary Knowledge and Debate
1. The Lives of Young Fathers
2. Policy Responses and Public Discourses: The Neglect of Young Fathers
3. Researching Young Fatherhood Through Time
Part 2: Living Young Fatherhood: Changing Identities, Relationships and Practices
4. Becoming a Young Father: Transitions, Identities, Choices, Constraints
5. Co-Parenting: The Gendered Dynamics of Young Relationships
6. Reconfiguring Families: Intergenerational care and support?
7. Young Breadwinners? Education, Employment, and Training Trajectories
8. Finding a Place to Parent: Young Fathers' Housing Needs and Pathways - With Linzi Ladlow
Part 3: Supporting Young Fathers: Lived Experiences and Policy Challenges
9. Professional Support for Young Fathers: Support, surveillance, sidelining?
10. Enhancing the Social Engagement of Young Fathers through Qualitative Longitudinal Impact Research
11. Rethinking Young Fatherhoodː Citizenship and Compassionate Social Policy
Appendix: Pen Portraits of the Participants
