Soon after a baby is born, it’s becoming more common these days for the father or non-birthing parent to be encouraged to place the newborn directly on their chest.
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Articles on Father's Day
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The Catholic Church considers St. Joseph a role model of fatherhood and faith. In many countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on his feast day.
Dads and caregivers play important roles in supporting the development of loving relationships.
A linguist explores the origin of the word ‘father’ – and why derivatives are common in languages across the globe.
Despite the disproportionate burden mothers have faced during lockdown, encouraging parents to share child care and housework more equally is almost never suggested as part of the solution.
Fathers whose own dads were highly nurturing tend to have healthier levels of competition and be more emotionally open.
On Father’s Day, a scholar of ancient Greek poetry explains how he came to understand the father-son relationship and his journey of loss and yearning through reading the epics.
Biden’s relationship with his father contrasts with perhaps every president in the last four decades, who either had absent or distant fathers or abusive or alcoholic fathers or stepfathers.
Polls have consistently found robust support for this benefit, with a growing share of the public approving of paid time off for dads.
While the man the world knows as ‘Papa’ balanced the demands of parenting with his work, his letters and fiction offer a window into the depth of his paternal feeling.
Encouraging fathers to take paternity leave has positive, perhaps even surprising, results.
Two experts ask whether dads are making their health a priority. Evidence suggests not. Pressures to provide income often hold fathers back.
When children don’t live with their fathers, educators often act as if the men don’t exist, an expert on child development laments in an essay about why schools must do more to recognize dads.
Thanks to a provincial insurance plan, Québec fathers are spending more time with their newborns, bringing about changes in the gender division of labour within the family.
Before the advent of genetic testing, definitions of paternity were primarily social and legal. Science has destabilized these older definitions, but it has not replaced them.
What does it mean to be a good father to your son? Drop the traditionally masculine roles and embrace your emotions.
Developmental psychology has uncovered some lesser-known, yet important ways that fathers improve their children’s lives.
As dads blog about their lives and changing norms and issues around fatherhood and parenting, they’re pushing for social changes to benefit families in Canada — one blog post at a time.
Our children can’t continue to grow up in a world where only women raise them, either at home or in early care and learning.
New research has found one in five dads has experienced symptoms of depression and/or anxiety after having children.
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Program Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
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Lecturer in Zoology, University of Hull
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Professeure à l'Université TELUQ, Université du Québec, directrice de l'ARUC sur la gestion des âges et des temps sociaux et de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur l'économie du savoir, Université TÉLUQ
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Principal Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
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Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Sociology, Davidson College
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Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University
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Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Communication, University of Arizona
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Professor of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
