In addition, several other approaches are used, e.g., Internet links with research institutes, publishers, and associations. More specifically, Co-Parenting addresses the experiences of working wives, the impact of work on both parents, and policies that are intended to help parents balance work and family demands. Because the provider role is so strongly associated with men's self-worth, the implications of this role for fathering is a recurrent theme throughout the seven volumes of the FatherLit Database. Whereas the Joblessness and Unemployment Library examines how joblessness can interfere with paternal participation, the Co-Parenting Library attempts to address how having a job influences a father's ability to parent. The literature currently cited focuses on co-parenting in intact families and families of divorce.
Studies examining the co-parenting relationship among unmarried couples are scarce.
Some studies focus on the relationship between work and family demands while other studies examine co-parenting independent of how it relates to work. There is relatively little research on these nontraditional families, as they are commonly referred to in the literature. In addition, research on co-parenting in intact families examines the kinds and amounts of household labor performed by each parent. Other research in this Library examines the impact of work on childcare. Employer benefits such as paternal leave and employer-sponsored daycare are discussed, including the relative importance of these benefits for parents.