The Facts Are In. Fathers Are Changing; Family Life is Improving
Posted on 06. Mar, 2008 by Brian Reid in General
I’ve sworn off apologizing for these stretches where life get nuts and I drop off the blogging map, but I need to catch my breath enough to point you to this preview of research dropping today from Scott Coltrane on how fathers are changing and how that improves life for everyone. “Working Dad” Paul Nyhan from the Seattle P-I has the scoop:
Over the past four decades, dads have taken on a lot more at home. The time they spend on child care and housework has doubled, according to the paper scheduled for release Thursday.
It is this progress, not absolute parity, which matters because it offers proof of a deep change within American families, the paper’s co-author Scott Coltrane said.
“There is an accumulation of evidence over the last decade for people to have successful couple relationships they need to negotiate, whereas before they could let it ride … and the mother would pick it up,” Coltrane, a sociology professor at the University of California-Riverside, said.
lizriz
06. Mar, 2008
Loved reading that article, and I forwarded it right off to my boyfriend. It is wonderful to read something positive!
JOHANNA
11. Mar, 2008
I am a proud wife of a stay home dad and I have been asking my self why sometimes we get into fiddles and diddles about racing our children so I came across web sites were fathers are blogging and communicating with each other about the subject. I have to say that reading this blogs gave me a better understanding of how fathers think and that it is ok to have different parenting in the household those children have the best of both worlds and I love it so it is real that fathers are changing family life and I’m sure that soon enough the generations to come will be proof of how good it is to have Dad at home involved with the kids. So ladys, moms, and other guys that don’t follow get in the train or you will be left behind.
Joe
20. Mar, 2008
No duh.