Daddy Dialectic

A new study says that parenthood pushes men and women in opposite political directions: "Parenthood seems to heighten the political ...

I just returned from the annual Chicago conference of the Council on Contemporary Families, which consisted of a series of briefings and dis...

And here's the result of my second collaboration with DadLabs : I like the way this one turned out. It makes a strong 5-minute case for ...

And so here is the product of my collaboration with Texas-based DadLabs --I supplied the idea and the framework; they made it manly and amus...

Mothering reports on an important new study: The best chance of forming a long lasting relationship with an unmarried father and building th...

I liked this: " 10 Signs that Parenting is More Equal than it Used to be ." And I thought this was interesting : Achieving a work-...

My esteemed colleague at the Greater Good Science Center, executive director Christine Carter, posted two very nice summaries of research in...

Evolution of a Dad writes : I've mentioned Jessica DeGroot from The Third Path Institute in these annals before and here I am doing so...

A new UK study suggests that stay-at-home dads hurt their sons' chances in school--but not their daughters'. "Our analysis poi...

I just got back from the tenth anniversary conference of the Council on Contemporary Families, a network of family researchers that I recent...

...are, apparently, stay-at-home dads. The University of Texas just released a new study of dads who take care of kids, summarized in a most...

The New York Post has a nice summary of new Census numbers on families : The bureau, which polled 100,000 homes nationwide, found that abou...

From the Guardian in the UK, courtesy of frequent Daddy Dialectic tipster Susan: Children are more likely to suffer development problems i...

More reasons to feel guilty: a new study says insecure infants are probably screwed for life. "The kid learns, 'I can count on my ...

I work at a popular science magazine that covers research into the roots of compassion, altruism, empathy, and other prosocial human behavi...

Recently I was swapping emails with a group of feminist activists I've known for 15 years. We were talking about progressive family poli...

God hates stay-at-home dads : Men and women were created by God for specific roles and when men start giving up their responsibility to be t...

Things have been slow here at Daddy Dialectic: I've started a new job; Chip's been traveling; I'm willing to bet that Tom and Ch...

Daddy Dialectic readers have been sending me tips right and left. Here are some hot spots: 1) Alex (in Boston, MA) pointed me to this bluepr...

From a press release: Being a father has little effect on men's working patterns, in spite of the fact that they cut back their working ...