Figuring It Out for the Child Initiative: Fostering Coparenting in Unmarried Expectant African American Parents

Autor/inn/en	McHale, James P.; Gaskin-Butler, Vikki; McKay, Katherine; Gallardo, Gypsy
Titel	Figuring It Out for the Child Initiative: Fostering Coparenting in Unmarried Expectant African American Parents
Quelle	In: ZERO TO THREE, 33 (2013) 6, S.17-22 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-8038
Schlagwörter	Intervention; African American Family; Interpersonal Relationship; Fathers; Mothers; Parent Role; Program Descriptions; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Participation; Attachment Behavior; Family Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	Strong, positive coparenting alliances play adaptive functions in a wide variety of family systems. For unmarried, expectant parents in nonromantic relationships, impediments to developing a positive coparenting alliance are formidable. However, these obstacles must be overcome if unmarried fathers are to stay engaged and coparent their child together with their children's mothers. This article spotlights Figuring It Out for the Child (FIOC), a Brady Education Foundation-sponsored initiative for expectant unmarried first-time African American parents. FIOC builds on the expectant parents' often untapped and overlooked desires and resolve to create a positive life for their baby, and it helps them build bridges to communicate, collaborate, and address obstacles to coparenting--whether they are co-resident or not. The authors highlight the travels of one remarkable family through the FIOC intervention in this article. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01