By W. Goldberg
Men's organic clocks will not be ticking loudly, yet what in regards to the social clock? Are there advantages to being in-step with social norms for the timing of parenthood? In a transparent and obtainable kind, this e-book examines the benefits and drawbacks of early, on-time, and not on time first fatherhood. The ebook encompasses a foreword via Ross D. Parke.
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In a longitudinal study of upper-middle-class women, Helson and colleagues used “social clock projects” as a metaphor for a motivational framework and inspiration for identity development in adulthood. The social clock projects emphasized identity status and the early or delayed assumption of family and work roles (Helson, Mitchell, & Moane, 1984; Helson & McCabe, 1994). Most of the women in their study answered affirmatively to the question of whether their lives had deviated from an age-graded social clock because they had married late or not at all, or had children late or not at all, or ended a 22 The Social Clock and the Timing of Fatherhood marriage or returned to college (Helson & McCabe, 1994).
Data from a panel study of Danish youth (Liefbroer, 2005) indicates that perceived costs and rewards to self and to career were associated with men’s (and women’s) timing of entry into parenthood. For men, the anticipated costs to their career and attenuated spending power affects the timing of fatherhood, as do the anticipated rewards in terms of heightened sense of security and better quality of the partner relationship. Panel data from a large US study show that each partner’s desires and intentions about childbearing affect childbearing decisions; 28 Why Do Men Want to Become Parents?
A significant amount of social pressure comes from families, peer culture, popular media, and the larger society. Men and women compare themselves to friends, family members, and work colleagues to see whether they have “made good … with a timeline in mind” (Neugarten, 1979, p. 887). Men’s awareness of social pressure to become fathers – and the variation in their adjustment to the new role of father depending on when in their lives they assume this role – suggests a clock of a different sort, a social clock.
