Art of Manliness Podcast #119: Why Fathers Matter with Paul Raeburn

Originally published June 2015. Until fairly recently, most of the scientific research about parental influence on children focused on mothers and left out dads. But recent studies have shown that fathers have an important role in the development of children — from conception into adulthood. Award-winning science writer Paul Raeburn highlights all this new research in his book Do Fathers Matter? What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We Overlooked. In this podcast, I talk to Paul about some of the research he highlights in his book. Show Highlights What makes human fathers unique from other mammalian fathers Why there’s so little research about the influence fathers have on children What a hunter-gatherer tribe in South Africa can teach us about fatherhood A man’s “biological clock” when it comes to having children How the health of the father can affect the long-term health of his child even before the child is born How a man’s hormones change when his wife gets pregnant and when she delivers their child Why roughhousing with his kids is one of the best things a father can do And much more! Show notes: https://ift.tt/2nBJjNK Follow us! https://ift.tt/1FOPIX2 http://twitter.com/artofmanliness https://ift.tt/YAd15k https://ift.tt/1DUJeqE