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Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. Susan Walzer's interviews explore the tendency for men and women to experience their transitions into parenthood in different ways-a pattern that has been linked to marital stress.
How do new mothers and fathers think about babies, and what is the influence of parental consciousness in reproducing motherhood and fatherhood as different experiences? The reports of new parents in this book illustrate the power of gendered cultural imagery in how women and men think about their roles and negotiate their parenting arrangements.
New parents talk about what it means to them to be a "good" mother or father and how this plays out in their working arrangements and their everyday interactions over child care. The author carefully unravels the effects of social norms, personal relationships, and social institutions in channeling parents toward gender-differentiated approaches to parenting.
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Acknowledgments
1. Becoming Mothers and Fathers
2. Parental Consciousness and Gender
3. "Good" Mothers and Fathers
4. Bonding with the Baby: Biology and Social Meanings
5. As a Wife and a Mother: Marriage and Approaches to New Parenthood
6. Images of Family
7. Employment, Child Care, and Parental Accountability
8. Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
Susan Walzer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Skidmore College. |
Women's Studies
Family Policy
Sociology
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Women in the Political Economy, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg, includes books on women and issues of work, family, social movements, politics, feminism, and empowerment. It emphasizes women's roles in society and the social construction of gender and also explores current policy issues like comparable worth, international development, job training, and parental leave.
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