Endnotes

Despite this progress, the relevant research still tends to focus on fathering among the middle class, overlooking specific populations, such as culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) fathers, gay fathers, fathers of children with disabilities or fathers with mental health or substance abuse issues (Fletcher et al. 2004).
There is substantial literature concerning the extent to which fathers are involved in child rearing (for a review, see Lamb 2004; Russell et al. 1999).
Women also experience barriers to accessing family and child services, so there is an argument for making services more 'family friendly'.
Adopting a social view of fatherhood is important not only because the term is inclusive but because its use implies a recognition of the diversity of roles men may play in the lives of children and the often complex relationship structures present in contemporary families.