Title:
Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked / Paul Raeburn.
Author:
Raeburn, Paul, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Call Number:
BF723 .F35 R34 2014
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780374141042
Physical Description:
272 pages ; 22 cm
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.
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