Supporting Father Involvement in the Context of Separation and Divorce

Shared Physical Custody: Summary of 40 Studies on Outcomes for Children

“…Among these shortcomings were a lack of standardized measures, very small sample sizes for the occasional overnighting babies, the high numbers of parents who had never been married or lived together (60%-90%) and the practical insignificance of many of the findings. For these reasons, social scientists have concurred that this study contributes very little to our understanding of the impact of shared parenting and provides no convincing evidence that overnighting or shared parenting is bad for infants or toddlers Lamb, 2012;Ludolph & Dale, 2012;Nielsen, 2013;Pruett, Cowan, Cowan, & Diamond, 2012;Warshak, 2012Warshak, , 2014. Given these concerns, it is troubling that this study has been frequently misrepresented or "woozled" in the media and in academic settings as evidence that overnighting has a "deleterious impact" on infants and toddlers (Nielsen, 2014).…”

Closing the Gap: Research, Policy, Practice, and Shared Parenting

“…As child development research has been concentrated most often on mothers as parents, parent involvement research after separation has typically focused on fathers. For reviews, see Amato and Dorius;, Fabricius, Braver, Diaz, and Velez (2010), and Pruett, Cowan, Cowan, and Diamond (2011). Relationships between biological fathers and nonbiological father figures who are important to the child in their role as father and caregiver are implicated in dynamics that strongly impact family adjustment after separation.…”

Parenting Plans for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: Research and Issues

“…The limitations of this study have been pointed out by a number of scholars, as well as by the researchers themselves Lamb & Kelly, 2001;Pruett, Cowan, Cowan, & Diamond, 2012;Warshak, 2002). Because a sizable minority of the parents were not married or had no stable relationship with each other when their children were born, most of these infants had no relationship with their fathers before the overnighting began.…”

“…Since this study's release, many social scientists have noted its shortcomings and stated that it should not be used as a basis for making recommendations for parenting plans Lamb, 2012;Ludolph & Dale, 2012;Nielsen, 2013;Pruett et al, 2012;Warshak, 2012Warshak, , 2014.…”