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Men ‘should stop drinking alcohol SIX MONTHS before trying for a baby to protect their child against killer heart diseases’ Study of 340,000 births found 44% increased risk if dads drank in three months Binge drinking was related to a 52 per cent higher likelihood of the birth defects Alcohol is a known teratogen which […]
Play is an important way for children to learn about the world around them. Through play, they learn cultural norms, socialisation guidelines and experiment with different ways to interact with their environment. But play between a father and their child or children can offer a different type of play. It’s often boisterous, physical and competitive, […]
Want to do something special for a father on June 16? Try asking him what he finds most rewarding—and most challenging—about being a dad. James Rilling, a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Emory University, recently completed in-depth interviews on that topic with 120 new fathers. Rilling and his colleague Craig Hadley, […]
So there’s this overly demanding dad whose Nextdoor meal request is taking the internet by storm, and causing quite the fuss. Allow us to preface this story with two disclaimers: We’re all for new parents waving the white flag and calling out for some reinforcements. Just…maybe…you know…don’t go about it like this. Maybe? Philly resident […]
(HealthDay)—Two-thirds of gay fathers have felt the pain of social stigma, and they have encountered that stigma most often in religious settings, a new survey shows. “We were not surprised that stigma is still experienced by gay fathers,” said study author Dr. Ellen Perrin. “But we did not expect so much stigma to be experienced […]
New fathers who DO freak out make better parents: Men whose stress hormones surge when they first hold their newborns become more caring dads Pregnancy and becoming a parent has drastic effects on women’s hormones A growing body of research shows fathers are affected too New Notre Dame research measured fathers’ hormones right after their […]
One day, you’re holding your newborn baby, and just a few days later, she’s headed off to high school. OK, it doesn’t really happen quite that fast, but when your baby girl is inching her way toward prom, it can feel like it went by in the blink of an eye. And not even celebs […]