Dynamics of Young Fatherhood

Bren Neale is Emeritus Professor of Lifecourse and Family Research at the University of Leeds.Anna Tarrant is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Lincoln.

“One of the most important books on adolescent and young adult fathers ever published. Moving interviews document how young fatherhood is shaped by personal, familial, institutional and societal influences, illuminating factors that facilitate or impede their efforts to be engaged, caring parents and the implications for medical and social services and public policy.” Mark S. Kiselica, Penn State Harrisburg

• IntroductionPart 1: Young Fatherhood: Contemporary Knowledge and Debate1. The Lives of Young Fathers2. Policy Responses and Public Discourses: The Neglect of Young Fathers3. Researching Young Fatherhood Through Time Part 2: Living Young Fatherhood: Changing Identities, Relationships and Practices4. Becoming a Young Father: Transitions, Identities, Choices, Constraints 5. Co-Parenting: The Gendered Dynamics of Young Relationships6. Reconfiguring Families: Intergenerational care and support?7. Young Breadwinners? Education, Employment, and Training Trajectories8. Finding a Place to Parent: Young Fathers’ Housing Needs and Pathways - With Linzi LadlowPart 3: Supporting Young Fathers: Lived Experiences and Policy Challenges9. 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 PolicyAppendix: Pen Portraits of the Participants