Do Fathers Matter?: What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We’ve Overlooked.
by Paul Raeburn
http://www.amazon.com/Do-Fathers-Matter-Science-Overlooked/dp/0374535353/

Will let you know my thoughts …. in a few weeks.

Do Fathers Matter?

The fact that society glorifies single moms as paragons of courage, but that on the opposite we have to ask if fathers actually serve a purpose before saying so goes to show how retardedly misandric things have gotten.

From Amazon:

A zippy tour through the latest research on fathers’ distinctive, or predominant, contributions to their children’s lives, Do Fathers Matter? is filled with provocative studies of human dads–not to mention a lot of curious animal experiments . . . [Paul Raeburn] writes clearly, untangling cause from effect, noting probabilities and inserting caveats. . . he is an ideal guide to tricky, uncertain research in a nascent field. . . . father research cuts across disciplines, and Mr. Raeburn excels at mapping the twistiness of the road ahead. (Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)

Raeburn shows with mounting evidence the role of the father and his effect on the care and nurturing of children . . . As the father of a rapidly growing and changing little girl, I gained more from Raeburn’s work than all the daddy lit put together. (Kent Black, The Boston Globe)

[Do Fathers Matter? is] a clear-eyed march through the history of family studies and a helpful review of the new generation of research devoted to identifying the impact of dads . . . [it] gathers an impressive diversity of studies into a single, highly readable volume, covering such topics as conception, pregnancy, infants, teenagers and aging fathers. (Bruce Feiler, The Washington Post)

[Do Fathers Matter?] aims to dispel [the] uncertainty about fathers’ roles in their children’s lives…Raeburn’s broad argument–that fathers have been maligned, even though they matter as much as mothers–is convincingly made. (Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker)

As the author of Do Fathers Matter? I’d be delighted to have you look at the book, which just came out in paperback last week. A quick search will lead you to many reviews praising the book. Here are a few comments from the book’s Amazon page. (I hope I don’t sound too promotional. I’m not getting rich from this book, but I think the ideas in it are important for fathers to know about.) From Amazon: A zippy tour through the latest research on fathers’ distinctive, or predominant, contributions to their children’s lives, Do Fathers Matter? is filled with provocative studies of human dads–not to mention a lot of curious animal experiments . . . [Paul Raeburn] writes clearly, untangling cause from effect, noting probabilities and inserting caveats. . . he is an ideal guide to tricky, uncertain research in a nascent field. . . . father research cuts across disciplines, and Mr. Raeburn excels at mapping the twistiness of the road ahead. (Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times) Raeburn shows with mounting evidence the role of the father and his effect on the care and nurturing of children . . . As the father of a rapidly growing and changing little girl, I gained more from Raeburn’s work than all the daddy lit put together. (Kent Black, The Boston Globe) [Do Fathers Matter? is] a clear-eyed march through the history of family studies and a helpful review of the new generation of research devoted to identifying the impact of dads . . . [it] gathers an impressive diversity of studies into a single, highly readable volume, covering such topics as conception, pregnancy, infants, teenagers and aging fathers. (Bruce Feiler, The Washington Post) [Do Fathers Matter?] aims to dispel [the] uncertainty about fathers’ roles in their children’s lives…Raeburn’s broad argument–that fathers have been maligned, even though they matter as much as mothers–is convincingly made. (Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker)

What made you write it?

Was there a personal reason or was it a world view?

I’m just interested in where you were coming from.

I’m a single dad and always interested in this side of the …. well … family. The disposable excluded side ☺