Fathers want to be more involved but often feel sidelined, studies suggest.
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Joyce Y. Lee, University of Michigan; Shawna J. Lee, University of Michigan
Fathers are important for children starting from the very beginning of life, but few early parenting resources are available for men. Two scholars who recently studied this explain what they found.
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They only seem to grow up so fast.
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Keith Payne, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Time often seems to fly by when you're a parent. A social psychologist explains why it actually – and fortunately – does not.
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Fathering in the 21st century
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Joshua Gold, University of South Carolina
Stepfathers often enter a family unit with certain expectations about what their role should be. They're usually wrong.
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Kory Floyd, University of Arizona
Wives sometimes chide their husbands for being cold or distant toward their sons. But men express their love in subtle ways that deserve to be honored rather than belittled.
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Andrew Leland, Rutgers University
Research reveals few differences between the parenting of gay men and their straight peers. But it looks like gay fathers could be more apt to volunteer at their children's schools.
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Kevin Shafer, Brigham Young University
Why is it all about mom? Fathers want to be more involved in their children's lives, but are limited by public policy and social institutions. This is a bad deal for dads, kids and moms alike.
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Gayle Kaufman, Davidson College
Like moms, more dads are sweating the work-life balance. While just 35 percent of dads reported such conflicts in 1977, today 60 percent struggle to bring up baby while bringing home the bacon.
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Fathers' hormones and health
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Brenda Volling, University of Michigan
While many men want to seek treatment for 'low T,' a low level of testosterone is good when it comes to being a nurturing father. Here's why.
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Darby Saxbe, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Having a newborn can be rough, whether you're a mom or a dad. New research ties men's testosterone to their postpartum depression – with some surprising upsides for their partners.
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Adrian Jaeggi, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ben Trumble, University of California, Santa Barbara
Levels of a male sex hormone known to influence aggression and a "love" hormone that promotes bonding both rise in traditional hunters headed home after the kill. What's going on?
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Li-Ming Su, M.D., University of Florida
Prostate cancer is the second deadliest cancer among men, but not all types of the disease are as deadly as others. That has led to confusion over screening. An expert explains why new guidelines make sense.
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