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ERIC Number: EJ659755
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1520-3247
Talking to a Tiger: Fathers Reveal Their Difficulties in Communicating about Sexuality with Adolescents.
Kirkman, Maggie; Rosenthal, Doreen A.; Feldman, S. Shirley
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n97 p57-74 Fall 2002
Discusses the difficulties experienced by fathers in carrying out what they accept as their parental responsibility to communicate with their children about sexuality. Includes examples from interviews with fathers, their wives, and their adolescent children. Finds that fathers' difficulties result from conflicts between traditional masculinity and involved fatherhood. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Problems, Family Communication, Father Attitudes, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Sex, Sex Education, Sexuality
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Sex Knowledge
Note: Theme issue topic: "Talking Sexuality: Parent-Adolescent Communication."