Up to this time, sociology had approached children and childhood mainly from a socialization perspective, and the emergence of the new childhood sociological paradigm ran parallel to the feminist critique of sociological traditions.
Census, it was reported that 20% of lesbian and gay couple or partnership households are raising children 115,064 out of 594,000 same-sex households.
For men, it is difficult to separate occupational success from fatherhood because financially providing for one's family has been central to the identity of being a father in the United States.