Threlfall Jennifer M, Seay Kristen D, Kohl Patricia L
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.
J Child Poverty. 2013 Jan 1;19(1):45-61. doi: 10.1080/10796126.2013.764846.
This qualitative study examines low-income African American fathers' perceptions of their parenting role and the strategies they employ to bring up children in poor urban neighborhoods. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with 36 fathers who had contact with their children at least twice a month. Men in the study expressed conventional views of their fathering roles as provider, nurturer, and teacher, but placed the most emphasis on "being there" for their children, as their financial circumstances limited other forms of involvement. Many fathers felt their circumstances to be exacerbated by a hostile child-support system. They desired to teach their children alternatives to the negative practices and values they saw in their urban neighborhoods and to have the skills to prosper in mainstream society. Overall, the findings suggest that many low-income urban fathers already desire to be responsible fathers but see themselves as limited by material and structural challenges. Services and policies that promote the economic stability of low-income fathers are recommended.
这项定性研究考察了低收入非裔美国父亲对其育儿角色的认知，以及他们在贫困城市社区抚养孩子所采用的策略。对36位每月至少与孩子接触两次的父亲进行了焦点小组访谈和个人访谈。参与研究的男性对其作为供养者、养育者和教育者的父亲角色持有传统观念，但由于经济状况限制了其他形式的参与，他们最强调的是“陪伴”孩子。许多父亲觉得恶劣的子女抚养制度使他们的处境更加艰难。他们希望教导孩子摒弃他们在城市社区看到的负面行为和价值观，并拥有在主流社会取得成功的技能。总体而言，研究结果表明，许多低收入城市父亲已经渴望成为有责任感的父亲，但认为自己受到物质和结构挑战的限制。建议出台促进低收入父亲经济稳定的服务和政策。
