Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked

Summary: An award-winning journalist and father of five discusses the various stages of fatherhood, revealing the profound physiological connections between children and fathers, from conception through adolescence and into adulthood--and the importance of the relationship between mothers and fathers. In the process, he challenges the legacy of Freud and mainstream views of parental attachment, and also explains how we can become better parents ourselves.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374141042 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0374141045 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780374710828 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
272 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The roots of fatherhood -- Conception: the genetic tug-of-war -- Pregnancy -- Fathers in the lab -- Infants -- Children -- Teenagers -- Older fathers -- What fathers do -- Afterword.