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Biological fathers not necessarily the best, social dads parent well too

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A large number of U.S. children live or will live with a "social father," a man who is married to or cohabiting with the child's mother, but is not the biological father. A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family examin ...





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When Mom Dates, Dad Stops Visiting His Kids

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New research from the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that children born outside of marriage are less likely to be visited by their father when the mother is involved in a new romantic relationship. Many children born out ...


Family type has less-than-expected impact on parental involvement

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children in step-families and in other non-traditional families get just as much quality time with their parents as those in traditional families, with only a few exceptions, according to research to be presented at the annual ...


Obama, Bill Clinton have common ground

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created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The Democratic primary contest may have placed them on opposing sides, but presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton have more in common than their voter party registration cards.


Teenage fathers are more likely to have babies affected by birth problems

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Teenage fathers are at increased risk of having babies born with birth problems ranging from pre-term delivery or low birth weight, through to death in or near to the time of delivery, according to new research published ...


Children who have an active father figure have fewer psychological and behavioral problems

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 1

Active father figures have a key role to play in reducing behaviour problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to a review published in the February issue of Acta Paediatrica.


Children of older fathers perform less well in intelligence tests during infancy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Children of older fathers perform less well in a range of cognitive tests during infancy and early childhood, according to a study published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. In contrast, the study finds ...


Genes may explain why children who live without dads have earlier sex

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Previous research has found that children raised in homes without a biological father have sex earlier than children raised in traditional nuclear families. Now a new study that used a novel and complex design to investigate ...


Scent of father checks daughter’s maturity

Biology /

created Sep 11, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 0

Chemical cues from fathers may be delaying the onset of sexual maturity in daughters, as part of an evolutionary strategy to prevent inbreeding, according to researchers at Penn State.


Mother-daughter conflict, low serotonin level may be deadly combination

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming ...


Like father, like son? Macho men produce macho sons, according to research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that men with strong masculine traits are likely to produce similarly macho sons but, according to the new study by the University of St Andrews, macho sons are not considered especially ...



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