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Gender Dynamics and Role Adjustment During the Transition to Parenthood: Current Perspectives

Institute for Families, Center on Violence against Women & Children, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, jkoivunen{at}ssw.rutgers.edu

Jeanne W. Rothaupt

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin

Susan M. Wolfgram

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin

This review of recent literature addresses the issues of marital change across the transition to parenthood, the process of redefining gender roles, the division of labor in the family, striving for equally shared parenting, and the struggle to maintain egalitarianism after the birth of a child. Furthermore, this article also provides practice-related implications for practitioners, an inclusive term that includes family life educators, couple and family counselors and therapists, social workers, family service agency personnel, home health aides, and others working with couples and families.

Key Words: transition to parenthood • gender dynamics • gender roles • parenthood

This version was published on October 1, 2009

The Family Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, 323-328 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1066480709347360


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