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Penelope Trunk’s guest blogger raises stay-at-home dad ire

James di Properzio — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:59:55 +0000

Over 165 comments, many from stay-at-home dads feeling misunderstood, respond to an anonymous guest blogger’s story about an incident of adultery, his admitted chauvinism, and his pervasive feeling that he is being “kept” by his high-powered wife at Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist. The blog, which is the first time Trunk has allowed a guest to [...]

First-borns Have it Harder

James di Properzio — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:47:58 +0000

A new study, reported on by MSNBC, argues that first-born children really do have it harder than their siblings. Here’s an excerpt from the article: Now, a new study has confirmed what first-borns like Joshua have always suspected: The oldest kid in the family really does bear the brunt of parental strictness, while the younger brothers and [...]

Baby Bonding Book for Dads

James di Properzio — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:18:28 +0000

I told her how my grandfather, each morning before he went to elementary school, had gone upstairs to his own grandfather’s room with a straight razor, soap, and brush, to shave him after he had gone blind in his old age.

...It’s hard to engage after work when you’re tired and stressed, and part of the choice facing fathers is whether to play it safe, stay in that work mode and be very hands-off at home, or to engage with our children, something for which we’ve had no practice, and makes us feel unsure of ourselves.

Conference in Chicago on Family Issues in Contention

James di Properzio — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:39:41 +0000

On April 25th and April 26th the Council on Contemporary Families is holding a conference called “Family Issues in Contention.” Here’s some information from the press release: PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Teen sexuality and “hooking up”: Should we be worried? We’ve all heard the stories: teenage girls performing oral sex on boys they just met at a party; college students avoiding [...]

Government to Compensate Parents of Autistic Child

James di Properzio — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:04:27 +0000

Mike Stobbe, an AP medical writer, published an article today covering the press conference given by Terry and Jon Poling (Jon himself is a neurologist) who believe their 9-year-old daughter was damaged by the series of vaccines she was given when she was 18 months old. The government has agreed to compensate the Polings and [...]

Babies of Teen Dads at Higher Risk for Birth Problems

James di Properzio — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:29:27 +0000

A study published in the journal Human Reproduction reports that babies of teenage fathers (ages 19 and younger) are at higher risk of having problems at birth than babies born to older dads. According to a Reuters 2/6/2008 article about the study published on the Scientific American Web site, these babies are: 1) 15% more likely to [...]