Daddy Dialectic

Naazneen Barma reports : Julianna Sandell Pacheco and Eric Plutzer analyzed the effects of three important teen life transitions—adolescent ...

I am in the process of interviewing Bay Area families for a series of writing projects on stay-at-home fathers and non-traditional families....

After Liko and his mom set up a hummingbird feeder on the back deck : "I'm not a girl or a boy!" "What are you?" ...

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

Over at the Greater Good blog, Christine Carter McLaughlin and Kelly Corrigan continue their dialogue on childhood happiness , this time wit...

The Council on Contemporary Families released a new study of how the U.S. ranks in family-friendly work policies . The study found that the ...

Newsflash : “Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no differ...

Over at the Greater Good blog (my esteemed employer!), Christine Carter McLaughlin & Kelly Corrigan talk about "flow" and wha...

This is an essay from the latest issue of boxcutter : Going through her eleven year old's new Christmas purse, Andee exclaims that the e...

By Chip -- Do kids need religion? No. It really isn't necessary or possible to force children to believe in "god," in either ...

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

By Chip -- Last week the website Momsrising.org flagged an article and discussion in the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper about their...

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

Early morning. Liko goes to the window and sees the light spilling over Mt. Diablo. "What are you doing, Liko?" "The sun. I w...

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...

Hello This is tomas from rad dad and rad dad #5 is hot off the copy machine with a beautiful cover once again by local artist and crafty car...

Still working on my "Science vs. Parents" post. In the meantime, see this essay in the Bay Times about the impact of the "Ga...

News flash: "Women’s Math Performance Affected by Theories on Sex Differences," according U. of British Columbia researchers. I...

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...

Note: as the essay says I am hoping to travel around the bay area -- sf, san jose, santa cruz, sacto, santa rosa, and the east bay -- in Dec...