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For many dads, the COVID pandemic brought new perspectives on fatherhood

8:39am June 19, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

With the pandemic giving fathers working from home a chance to spend more time with their kids, dads look back on how they've maintained the balance between their jobs and their families.

Nathan Bieck with his wife Ashley and 9-year-old daughter Maddie. Since being furloughed in the pandemic, Bieck has become Teacher Dad, helping Maddie with virtual school while job searching himself.

Economy

'I'm A Much Better Cook': For Dads, Being Home During Pandemic Is Eye-Opening

5:06pm November 11, 2020

by Andrea Hsu

While working moms have been struggling this year, pandemic life is also taking a toll on dads, many of whom are confronting situations they may not have chosen otherwise.

Joe Bay (center), coach of a New York City "Bootcamp for New Dads," instructs Adewale Oshodi (left) and George Pasco in how to cradle an infant for best soothing.

How A Prenatal 'Bootcamp' For New Dads Helps The Whole Family

9:39pm September 08, 2019

by Juli Fraga

Prenatal classes often focus on Mom-to-be — on her shifting role and emotional needs, along with new skills. But if Dad gets sidelined early into a supporting role, research shows, everybody loses.

Isma is a musician from Equatorial Guinea and moved with his wife to Washington, D.C., where they had a son named Matteo. It wasn't easy for Isma to move to a new country, learn a new language and be a new dad all at the same time.

Arts

Tracing The Expanding Definition Of Fatherhood

10:00am June 14, 2019

by Cameron Pollack

After his son's birth, Dirk Anschütz photographed fathers and sons for six years. "There's a lot of change going on right now regarding what fatherhood means, what masculinity means," he says.

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Stay-At-Home Dads Still Struggle With Diapers, Drool, Stigma And Isolation

6:14pm June 17, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

It's hard to find other stay-at-home dads to hang out with, and working men worry you'll hit on their stay-at-home wives. Meanwhile, bosses still expect new fathers to work full-time. What's changed?

Queue Listen Now

Photo of a young boy and his father on a bicycle lane, learning to ride a bike.

What We Learned From Dad

8:12am June 17, 2018

This Father's Day, we celebrate what our dads have taught us, from how to run to being a good listener.

Jean Marie Rukundo and his wife, Theodosie Uwambajimana, with their 2-year-old daughter. They've nicknamed her "Rwamrec," the acronym for a resource center in Rwanda that taught Rukundo how to step up his game as a spouse and father. When he came with his

Health & Safety

Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads

4:45pm June 15, 2018

by Amy Yee

An experimental program in Rwanda tried to teach men to do more chores, listen to their wife instead of bossing her around and get involved in raising the kids. Did it work?

College-educated new dads are more likely to be older, with an average age of 33.

Health & Safety

Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

9:51am August 31, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

The average age for fathers of newborns in the U.S. has risen from 27.4 years back in 1972 to 30.9 years now. And if the baby's dad has a college degree, he's likely to be even older.

Social support networks can help mothers of teenagers navigate through difficulties and maintain closeness with their children.

Moms Need Social Support, And Not Just In The Baby Years

5:00am July 15, 2017

by Juli Fraga

Social support networks can help mothers of teenagers navigate through difficulties and maintain closeness with their children, researchers have found.

Poverty, Dropouts, Pregnancy, Suicide: What The Numbers Say About Fatherless Kids

6:04am June 18, 2017

by Claudio Sanchez

Data clearly show how many fatherless children there are and how their lives are affected, but one best-selling author says he rarely sees interventions happening in schools.