More Evidence of the Utter Lack of Daddy Wars
Posted on 17. May, 2007 by Brian Reid in General
Chip wrote me yesterday to point out a wonderful American Prospect article (not available without subscription) written by the wonderful Echidne on the lack of coverage of the show-stopping report from the UK that suggested dads who don’t take paternity leave royally screw up their kids.
It’s funny — I had the UK report mentioned to me by all kinds of people, but Echidne is right — it says a great deal that the marginally useful NICHD research on child care gets headlines way out of proportion to its conclusions, yet the news that absent fathers have a measurable negative effect get overlooked.
chip
17. May, 2007
Just to mention, that the registration over at American Prospect to read this article is totally free, you don’t have to have a paid subscription to get the full text. And it’s well worth the read!