Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/wkgUKc Thinking about the Baby Gender and Transitions into Parenthood By: Susan Walzer Publisher: Temple University Press Print ISBN: 9781566396301, 1566396301 eText ISBN: 9781592138241, 1592138241 Copyright year: 1998 Format: PDF Available from $ 28.95 USD SKU 9781592138241 Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. Susan Walzer's interviews explore the tendency for men and women to experience their transitions into parenthood in different ways -- a pattern that has been linked to marital stress. How do new mothers and fathers think about babies, and what is the influence of parental consciousness in reproducing motherhood and fatherhood as different experiences? The reports of new parents in this book illustrate the power of gendered cultural imagery in how women and men think about their roles and negotiate their parenting arrangement. New parents talk about what it means to them to be a good mother or father and how this plays out in their working arrangements and their everyday interactions over child care. The author carefully unravels the effects of social norms, personal relationships, and social institutions in channeling parents toward gender-differentiated approaches to parenting. Additional ISBNs 9781566396318, 156639631X
