... kids to new ideas, or to encourage reading. Without this first educational coaching from mom or dad, kids’ early learning and preliteracy skills are less likely to really blossom.
“Thankfully, most ...
... to examine things moms actually do on a day-to-day basis that have the potential to affect dads’ behavior. While some scholars have suggested that such “gatekeeping” occurs, the research hadn’t been ...
Men like women who resemble dear old mom, and women like men who look like dear old dad.
Does eau de infant make dad a better parent? It does, it seems, if you are a common marmoset, a New World monkey known for its collaborative approach to rearing offspring.
After stunning conservationists by mating for the first time in decades, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos islands called Lonesome George, who is the last of his kind, still may not become a dad.
... are the critical months of pregnancy, says new research from the University of Maryland. "Unmarried dads are less likely to drift away if they are involved with their partner during this vital period ...
... the health of his son are quite small, and many of the most dramatic effects in this study are driven by dads in their 50s," says Dr. Weiser. "The difference in risk between someone who is 35 or 45 ...
Humans, like other social primates, live in groups with established dominance hierarchies (though ours may be more fluid and fuzzy). Do children think they outrank Mom and Dad?
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... to be male, confirming scientists' theories.
Dinosaur dads played an active role in raising their young and ...
A rare New Zealand tuatara lizard become a dad aged 111, possibly for the first time.
Status Update: Mom and Dad want to join Facebook. And, like much else about Silicon Valley parenting, they're enlisting experts to learn how.
... in the transmission of "job-specific human capital" from fathers to daughters. In other words, dads and daughters appear to be paying more attention to each other.
Morrill, a research assistant ...
... is usually put down to socio-economic status of women," he said.
"But with the older dads, we wonder if the association is related to mutations in the developing sperm."
Professor McGrath and ...
A YouTube video by an enterprising 14-year-old showcasing the talents of his laid-off dad, a Florida-based marketing specialist, has scored thousands of hits and several job interviews.
If dad looks exhausted this Father's Day it could be due to his job, suggests new research that found many male employees are now pressured to work up to 40 hours of overtime—often unpaid— per week to ...
