Do fathers matter? what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked

"In Do Fathers Matter? the award-winning journalist and father of five Paul Raeburn overturns the many myths and stereotypes of fatherhood as he examines the latest scientific findings on the parent we've often overlooked. Drawing on research from neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, geneticists, a...

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Main Author: Raeburn, Paul
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: cleaning out the attic
  • The roots of fatherhood: pygmies, finches, and famine
  • Conception: the genetic tug-of-war
  • Pregnancy: hormones, depression, and the first fight
  • Fathers in the lab: of mice and men
  • Infants: sculpting fathers' brains
  • Children: language, learning, and Batman
  • Teenagers: absence, puberty, and faithful voles
  • Older fathers: the rewards and risks of waiting
  • What fathers do
  • Afterword: fathers matter.