Library Journal Review
Dr. Pruett, a professor of Psychiatry at Yale University's Child Study Center, recently completed a five-year study of 17 two-parent families whose primary caregiver was the father. In this highly readable, intelligent, but not altogether objective report of his findings, the author enthusiastically concludes that fathers nurture well but differently. Though Pruett focuses on three families, discussing their problems and coping strategies, over half the material relates to subjects like competition among parents, continued paternal nurturance after divorce, gender role confusions, and long-term fathering solutions. A generously supportive book that updates James A. Levine's Who Will Raise the Children? ( LJ 9/15/76). Recommended for parenting and professional collections. Janice Arenofsky, formerly with Arizona State Lib . , Phoenix (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. 

Hardcover. Good condition, dust-cover dirty.

306.8742
Social Sciences > Social Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology > Culture and Institutions > Marriage and Parenting > Parenting > Experiences of Family Caregivers > Fatherhood

HQ756 .P78
Social Sciences: The Family. Marriage. Women: The family. Marriage. Home: Parents. Parenthood