The Guardian

4 min read

In 2006, the province adopted a groundbreaking social policy to create a more equal society

MASK The Magazine

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My parents and I have always had our similarities and differences. As far as personalities go, my mom and I are pretty much the same person. This means we get along extremely well when it comes to either of us needing advice. Surprisingly, this is al

Working Mother

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My husband, Paul, and I both work full time at very different jobs (he’s a sales engineer for a software company). But it’s our vastly different experiences as working parents that really stand out. He’s never bolted out of a meeting to make a beelin

NPR

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After his son's birth, Dirk Anschütz photographed fathers and sons for six years. "There's a lot of change going on right now regarding what fatherhood means, what masculinity means," he says.

The Christian Science Monitor

2 min read

Couples who have school-age children and can work from home are resetting traditional parenting roles. After the pandemic, old notions of fatherhood may not hold anymore.

The Atlantic

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To commemorate the season of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, The Atlantic’s senior associate editor Julie Beck ventured into the alternate universe of the greeting-card aisle and reported back on what she found. It turns out that even as norms of pare

Your Pregnancy

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Q: My baby daddy left me, but now says he wants to be involved again. I’m due in a few weeks. How do I know if he’s ready for the responsibility? What should I do? A:“From a legal standpoint, having walked out on his pregnant partner makes no differ

The Atlantic

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I was shocked to see my daughter when I gave birth. The whole pregnancy, my doctor had said she was going to be small, like me, and I was picturing someone who, well, looked like me. But this large, pale child emerged, with a decidedly different nose

You South Africa

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I was fascinated by the pictures of Prince William with his three children (YOU 2 July). As a father myself, I know how important it is to bond with your kids. Children can get all the maternal care and financial stability in the world but their deve

The Guardian

2 min read

The women of the 19th-century urban poor were at it. Sneaking around, getting some. That, anyway, is the conclusion drawn from some recently reported DNA research, published in the journal Current Biology. The authors of the paper compared the Y chro

The Atlantic

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As DNA-testing companies sell millions of kits, they’ve started to rearrange families. The tests have reunited long-lost cousins and helped adoptees find their birth parents, donor-conceived kids their sperm donors. They have also, in some cases, unc

NPR

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Psychologist Tania Lombrozo had a tough time explaining some of the Father's Day cards on the supermarket shelf to her young daughter — so she turned to scientific literature for answers.

City Press

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It feels auspicious that Father’s Day and Youth Day fall in the same week this year. With so many challenges facing young people these days, the best gift they could get is a dad who is present to guide and support them. Yet, sadly, a survey of urban

Your Pregnancy

2 min read

Johannesburg-based counselling psychologist Dr Robyn Rosin says that family and friends can provide invaluable support if you’re experiencing pregnancy alone. “Fathers usually run because they are petrified,” she says. “If the father of the baby has

Nautilus

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One of the kids in my house feels bad for people named Karen. He announced it at the dinner table. “They’re not all annoying, or racist, or anti-vaxxer,” he said. “They don’t all demand to speak to the manager. How do you think the good Karens feel?”

You South Africa

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He’s been training throughout lockdown for the Olympic Games and now JORDY SMITH is in quarantine with his family in Sydney, Australia, in preparation for the World Surf League season which starts there on 1 April. Jordy became a first-time dad in Oc

Futurity

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While a huge number of books and programs are available to help new moms before and after the birth of their child, the same can’t be said for fathers, according to a new study. Research suggests that men typically rely on women for parenting knowled

Woman & Home

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Like many people, I was curious about my genealogy and family history. So in my fifties, I decided to take a DNA test, to see what it might bring up. Little did I know this simple decision would unleash a howling wilderness of bewilderment, confusi

Futurity

2 min read

Dependable fathers may account for the larger brains of some mammals, research finds. Developing a large brain comes at a price: An infant expends around two-thirds of its energy alone on supplying nourishment to its brain. First milk and then other

Working Mother

2 min read

They force working families to pay big bucks for childcare. It’s just another way we get the squeeze. Working parents are affected after school district in Colorado cuts back to four days a week. Photo: iStock As many schools across the country cut d

Futurity

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New moms and dads both need sleep and exercise, but getting them affects their relationship and stress levels in different ways, say researchers. In a study looking at the daily lives of new parents, a team finds that in general, getting more physica

The Writer

3 min read

A father reflects on what he’s learned about parenthood from his non-verbal, autistic son. A dad shares success strategies, heavily dependent on humorous YouTube videos, to cope with difficult days of kid care. The father of a kangaroo-loving child w

The Atlantic

2 min read

The man in the traditional kimono is having difficulty with the breasts. The weight of the belly strains his back. Simply walking around the room—a party room in a Tokyo condo building—is more like lumbering. Lying down and getting up again is a stru

The Christian Science Monitor

11 min read

Fatherhood programs aim to help men who feel like unappreciated “cash registers” learn to become active participants in their children's lives.

Mother & Baby India

1 min read

Enough is always said about the mother and baby bond. Enough is always said about a mother’s nurturing and instinctive response to the child’s needs. Enough is always said about how mothers always tend to put their children first. What is not talked

Futurity

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For Father’s Day, here are five surprising research findings about dads and their kids. Researchers recently asked fathers what they find most rewarding—and most challenging—about being a dad. James Rilling, a professor and chair of the Emory Univers

Marie Claire Australia

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Clementine and Tom were thrilled to be expecting their first child. Both worked at large law firms with generous Paid Parental Leave (PPL) policies, so the couple mapped out how they would manage the adjustment to a family of three. Clementine would

NPR

5 min read

It's hard to find other stay-at-home dads to hang out with, and working men worry you'll hit on their stay-at-home wives. Meanwhile, bosses still expect new fathers to work full-time. What's changed?

NPR

5 min read

Prenatal classes often focus on Mom-to-be — on her shifting role and emotional needs, along with new skills. But if Dad gets sidelined early into a supporting role, research shows, everybody loses.

Futurity

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A new book offers an anthropological perspective of the evolution of fatherhood and how it continues to change. As an academic, Frank L’Engle Williams likes to do his research. So, when his wife was pregnant with their first child in 2005, he devoure