"Paternité Aspect psychologique." . . "Armut." . . "Unmarried fathers United States." . . "City and town life United States." . . "Pères de famille monoparentale États-Unis." . . "Single fathers United States." . . "Rôle parental." . . "Fatherhood United States." . . . . "Paternité États-Unis." . . "Unmarried fathers." . . "Unmarried fathers" . "Poor children United States." . . "Single fathers." . . "Single fathers" . "United States." . . "United States" . "Image du père." . . "Pères et enfants Aspect psychologique." . . "USA." . . "Alleinerziehender Vater." . . "Fatherhood." . . "Fatherhood" . "SELF-HELP Adult Children of Substance Abusers." . . "Pères célibataires États-Unis." . . "Stadt." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Gender Studies." . . "City and town life." . . "Enfants pauvres États-Unis." . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . "Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as \"deadbeat dads.\" Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly-without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds that pregnancy inspires, and pinpoint the fatal flaws that often lead to the relationship's demise. They offer keen insight into a radical redefinition of family life, where ties between parents are peripheral and the father-child bond is central." . . . "\"Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as \"deadbeat dads.\" Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly -- without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds that pregnancy inspires, and pinpoint the fatal flaws that often lead to the relationship's demise. They offer keen insight into a radical redefinition of family life where the father-child bond is central and parental ties are peripheral. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Doing the Best I Can shows how mammoth economic and cultural changes have transformed the meaning of fatherhood among the urban poor. Intimate interviews with more than 100 fathers make real the significant obstacles faced by low-income men at every step in the familial process: from the difficulties of romantic relationships, to decision-making dilemmas at conception, to the often celebratory moment of birth, and finally to the hardships that accompany the early years of the child's life, and beyond.\"--Provided by publisher."@en . . . . . . . . . "Fatherhood in the inner city"@en . . "Doing the best I can fatherhood in the inner city" . . . . . "Doing the best I can Fatherhood in the inner city" . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Doing the best I can : fatherhood in the inner city" . "Doing the best I can : fatherhood in the inner city"@en . "Poor children." . . "Poor children" .