and father4 3rv of Congress Cataloginghersl'he Developing child,ibliography: P.Fathers. 2. Fatherin Publication DataSeries: Developing756.P38 306.8'7 80-29079q 0-674-29515-3~q 0-674-29516-1 (pbk.)Acknowledgments My own research reported in this volume has been supported 8rants from a variety of agencies over the last decade: The:~rimt Foundation; the National Foundation March of Dimes; National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop-~t; the Graduate School of the University of Illinois; and the Fund of Philadelphia. A number of persons have con-~ttnt in important ways to the research program at theUniversity of Wisconsin, the Fels Research Institute, the Univer- of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and most recently the~versity of Illinois. Sandra O Leary was an important earlyildlaborator. Douglas Sawin, my friend and co-worker at Fels Cincinnati, gave wisdom, effort, and moral support. At I1-~tl~ots, Thomas Power and Barbara Tinsley have been active in r-,;,earch on fathers. Steve Asher made helpful comments onarty chapters of this book, and Graeme Russell provided useful~rial and insights for the final chapter. Special thanks to Bar- Tinsley for encouragement and detailed feedback at all of the writing. The book was completed when I was a Research Scholar at Macquarie University in Australia; I R,Icateful to Jacqueline Goodnow for the opportunity to visit work there. Eric Wanner was generous with encouragement editorial guidance, and Camille Smith edited the final draft skill. Elaine Babb deserves a special appreciation for track- ~down numerous obscure statistics and references, and Bren- U C.ongdon and Eileen Posluszny did a fine job of preparing the~u~w.ript. Thanks, too, to my wife, Sue, and my children, ~, Timothy, and Megan, for their support and advice dur- the writing of the book. Finally, I want to express my thanks father researchers and to the many families who have ted to be studied to help us learn about fathers and father-