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by Paul Raeburn

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A 2015 National Parenting Publications Awards Gold Winner
A Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal Winner

For too long, we've thought of fathers as little more than sources of authority and economic stability in the lives of their children. Yet cutting-edge studies drawing unexpected links between fathers and children are forcing us to reconsider our assumptions and ask new questions: What changes occur in men when they are "expecting"? Do fathers affect their children's language development? What are the risks and rewards of being an older-than-average father at the time the child is born? What happens to a father's hormone levels at every stage of his child's development, and can a child influence the father's health? Just how much do fathers matter?
In Do Fathers Matter? the award-winning journalist and father of five Paul Raeburn overturns the many myths and stereotypes of fatherhood as he examines the latest scientific findings on the parent we've often overlooked. Drawing on research from neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, geneticists, and developmental psychologists, among others, Raeburn takes us through 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.
Ultimately, Raeburn shows how the role of the father is distinctly different from that of the mother, and that embracing fathers' significance in the lives of young people is something we can all benefit from. An engrossing, eye-opening, and deeply personal book that makes a case for a new perspective on the importance of fathers in our lives no matter what our family structure, Do Fathers Matter? will change the way we view fatherhood today.

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  • Title Do Fathers Matter?: What Science Is Telling Us about the Parent We've Overlooked
  • Author Paul Raeburn
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition, 1
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scientific American, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2014-06
  • ISBN 9780374141042 / 0374141045
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.71 x 5.73 x 0.96 in (22.12 x 14.55 x 2.44 cm)
  • Category Family / Parenting / Childbirth
  • Library of Congress subjects Fathers, Father and child
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013041946
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.924

About the author

Paul Raeburn is a journalist and the author of four books, including Acquainted with the Night. His stories have appeared in Discover, The Huffington Post, The New York Times Magazine, and Psychology Today, among many other publications. A past president of the National Association of Science Writers, Raeburn has been a science editor at BusinessWeek and the Associated Press; and the creator and host of Innovations in Medicine on XM satellite radio. Raeburn lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, and their children.
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