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Author Raeburn, Paul, author.

Title Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked / Paul Raeburn.

Publisher New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©2014.

ISBN 9780374141042 (hardcover)
0374141045 (hardcover)



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Edition First edition.
Description 272 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index.
Summary "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, and developmental psychologists, among others, Raeburn takes us through 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."--www.Amazon.com.
Contents Introduction -- 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 father's brain -- Children: language, learning, and batman -- Teenagers: absence, puberty, and faithful voles -- Older fathers: the rewards and risks of waiting -- What fathers do -- Afterward: Fathers matter.
Subject(S) Fatherhood -- Psychological aspects.
Father and child.
Fathers.
Families -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN 9780374141042 (hardcover)
0374141045 (hardcover)