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Evolution of Dad: A Review
Posted on19. May, 2010 by Brian Reid.
So now that the kick-ass documentary Evolution of Dad officially shipping, I would like to tell you all, officially, to see the movie. In the interest of full disclosure, you should know that I was massive predisposed to like the films, since it delves deep into a topic near to my heart: the impact that [...]
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One in 10 New Dads Suffers Depression, JAMA Says
Posted on18. May, 2010 by Brian Reid.
The big news in fatherhood today is a new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that estimates that about one in 10 new fathers suffers from depression in the first year after the birth of a child. For comparison’s sake, about 4.8 percent of men are depressed during a given year. So [...]
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Forget ‘Attachment.’ It’s All About ‘Activation’
Posted on15. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid.
I’ve never been an huge believer in the whole “attachment parenting” thing, where ensuring your kid’s security (and making sure your kid knows it) is the central point in parenting. It seemed suffocating, the exact opposite of the kind of freedom that kids needed to taste to be engaged in the world. But I didn’t [...]