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Daddy Boot Camp Is for Soldiers in the Battle of Parenthood

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:01:46 +0000

Okay, new fathers, pop quiz: it’s 2 a.m. and your infant hasn’t stopped crying for an hour. What do you do?

If you don’t know, maybe it’s time to enroll in baby boot camp.

Depressed Fathers Can Cause Behavioral Issues in Kids — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:14:58 +0000

A study of 20,000 US families found kids with fathers suffering from depression are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems than other children.

Michael Weitzman at the New York University School of Medicine, who authored the study, said these findings are especially important at a time when unemployment is high and some military dads are returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with emotional wounds.

Fatherhood Can Cause a Drop in Testosterone Levels

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:53:06 +0000

In the first study of its kind, researchers compared the testosterone level of men when they were single and childless to their testosterone level after they had had a child.

While testosterone always decreases when men age, the decline was much more pronounced among the men who had become fathers.