Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked / Paul Raeburn.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 272 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374141042 (hardcover)
  • 0374141045 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 723 .F35 R34 2014
Contents:
Introduction -- The roots of fatherhood -- Conception: the genetic tug-of-war -- Fathers and pregnancy -- Engagement -- Infants -- Children -- Teenagers -- Older fathers -- What fathers do -- Afterword.
Summary: An award-winning journalist and father of five discusses the various stages of fatherhood, revealing the profound physiological connections between children and fathers, from conception through adolescence and into adulthood--and the importance of the relationship between mothers and fathers. In the process, he challenges the legacy of Freud and mainstream views of parental attachment, and also explains how we can become better parents ourselves.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The roots of fatherhood -- Conception: the genetic tug-of-war -- Fathers and pregnancy -- Engagement -- Infants -- Children -- Teenagers -- Older fathers -- What fathers do -- Afterword.

An award-winning journalist and father of five discusses the various stages of fatherhood, revealing the profound physiological connections between children and fathers, from conception through adolescence and into adulthood--and the importance of the relationship between mothers and fathers. In the process, he challenges the legacy of Freud and mainstream views of parental attachment, and also explains how we can become better parents ourselves.

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