Father Involvement in Young Children’s Lives

1. Introduction
Jyotsna Pattnaik

2. Fathers and Early Literacy
Glen Palm

3. Caring Fathers
Kevin J. Swick

4.
Mexican-American Father-Child
Literacy Interactions

Olivia N. Saracho

5. Father Involvement, African Americans, and Reducing the Achievement Gap
William H. Jeynes

6. Gay Fathers’ Involvement in their Young Children’s Lives
Dana Berkowitz, Katherine A. Kuvalanka

7. Incarcerated Fathers
Michael E. Roettger, Raymond R. Swisher

8. Involvement of Homeless Fathers
Jyotsna Pattnaik, Christina Medeiros

9. Fathers of Young Children with Disabilities
Hedda Meadan, Howard P. Parette, Sharon Doubet

10. Honoring Women Who Must Raise their Children Alone
Beatrice S. Fennimore

11. Father-Child Involvement in English-Speaking Caribbean Countries: Links to Childhood Development
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

12. Indigenous Fathers in Canada
Jessica Ball

13. Father Involvement: New Zealand
Paul Callister, Lindy Fursman

14. Male Involvement in Children’s Lives: The Australian Context
Andrew J. Martin

15. Father Involvement in Young Children’s Care and Education in Southern Africa
Jeremiah Chikovore, Tawanda Makusha, Linda Richter

16. Fathering in India
Rajalakshmi Sriram, Prachee Navalkar

17. Fathers’ Role in Chinese Children’s Education
Zhonghe Wu, Song A. An, Shuhua An

18. The Father Image in Japan
Michelle Henault Morrone, Yumi Matsuyama

19. Father Involvement in Taiwan
Hsiu-Zu Ho, Chu-Ting Ko, Connie N. Tran, Jessica M. Phillips, Wei-Wen Chen

Nyckelord: Education, Childhood Education, International and Comparative Education, Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Sociology of Education