By Gary Clapton
Almost all literature approximately start mom and dad of followed childrens has curious about moms. during this pioneering learn, Gary Clapton supplies us a clean standpoint: he recounts the stories of thirty start fathers separated from their young ones at start, and indicates methods of utilizing this information to paintings with followed childrens, their adoptive households and start mom and dad. Discussing varied notions of fatherhood, reminiscent of organic paternity, social fatherhood, sperm donorship and the 'father figure,' this informative booklet provides new gentle on concerns comparable to the choice to renounce a baby for adoption, the kid's wish to locate his or her start mom and dad, and the facilitation of touch later in existence. Written in an available kind for busy expert readers, beginning Fathers and their Adoption stories bargains a brand new realizing of the explanations and outcomes of adoption, and makes confident feedback for operating with these whom it impacts.
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1 Fathers and Adoption Adoptive father – social father but not biological father 32 / BIRTH FATHERS AND THEIR ADOPTION EXPERIENCES The bifurcation depicted here in a conventional father life course – with adoption producing separate birth father and adoptive father narratives – has similarities with a division that may exist in situations where conventional fathers become non-resident fathers and social contact with the child alters (is either maintained or lost). The case of fathers in the latter category – who are fathers without children – has some similarities with the position of birth fathers in adoption.
Therefore a specific body of opinion and practice – writings, specialist expertise, knowledge base, advice and information (‘dos and don’ts’) – is evolving with research and theoretical roots in the experiences of only one of the birth parents involved in the adoption process: the birth mother. 121). Practice guidelines issued by the UK Government in 2000 (‘Intermediary Services for Birth Relatives’, DoH 2000c) refers throughout to ‘birth parents’ whilst only drawing upon research on birth mothers.
Men have rarely been asked what they think fatherhood consists of. Neither, in the main, have researchers explored the various dimensions of fatherhood other than its practical expression in ‘hands-on’ parenting. So what can the existing research on fathers contribute to this study of a particular group of fathers – men who have had no social contact with the child in question? Key Themes in Fatherhood Research and Literature As noted, the literature and research focusing on fatherhood has grown considerably since 1975 when Lamb remarked that fathers were ‘the forgotten contributors to child development’ (1987, xiii).