Daddy Dialectic

Note: Just a quick announcement that I will be going up the Northwest doing readings with artnoose of the zine ker-bloom. Along the way w...

I hear it a lot: the debate over stay-at-home dads (and moms) is a privileged one, since, some say, most couples must work two jobs just to ...

I just stumbled across this really sweet list of "Ten reasons why I love my stay-at-home dad." Then I ran across this just-as-swe...

Said this evening, apropos of nothing: "I'm a pretty working man!" Don't forget to enjoy your kids today!

I just came across a list I made earlier this year, detailing the values I'd like to be teaching Cole. I like to write these things down...

Rebeldad points to this study that says dads do about 7 hours of housework and moms do twenty-one--which is consistent with other recent s...

More signs of the times : The idea that men can receive spousal support from their wives may feel like a freakish concept, but as women have...

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

There's something in the air. After a wave after MSM articles about stay-at-home dads, we're now hearing from the other side: their ...

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...