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This chapter provides an antidote to this negative portrayal in its exploration of how concerned Muslim fathers do what they can to guide their children along the uncertain path of childhood in Denmark. Various shades of mistrust lead some migrant fathers to practise “concerned fatherhood,” where the potentiality of being mistrusted and othered leads to Muslim migrant fathers’ concerns regarding how to raise and guide their children. Although many migrant fathers expressed such concerns regarding raising their children with reference to this mistrust, which they had experienced as directed towards them and their religion, this aspect of fathering represented an incomplete view of their overall fatherhood practices.
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Jørgensen, A.H. (2023). Concerned Fatherhood. In: Muslim Fathers and Mistrusted Masculinity in Danish Schools. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21626-8_8
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