Unwanted, intrusive thoughts about infant harm are a normal, common feature of new parenthood, not necessarily a sign that a parent poses a danger to their child.
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Parenthood eats everyone’s hours, but it takes different bites depending on the size of your bank account.
When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
Adolescent girls carry the blame for early pregnancy, yet the boys and men who got them pregnant remain invisible.
A new study finds gaming supports mothers’ stress relief, skill development, and wellbeing, but parental duties and domestic labour still limit their play.
‘It dawned on me that I felt lonely’: how my research into friendship gave me a new perspective on my social life.
As birth control became increasingly accepted, some supporters’ views were based in religious beliefs about what motherhood should look like.
There is a huge variety of musical material you can engage with together, so there will definitely be songs to suit everyone.
To say motherhood is life-changing can feel like an inadequate summation. Matrescence offers a way to understand it in all its complexity.
Two sociologists found that when the pace at which family sizes was shrinking slowed down, starting in the 1990s, progress toward closing the gender pay gap grew sluggish too.
Growing up with more than one language has obvious advantages for children.
I reviewed philosophers’ views on the ethics of deception and applied them to parental lies.
Analysis of public survey data shows that Republicans and Democrats are not too different regarding their parenthood experiences.
One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming a dad affects the brain – without the direct experience of pregnancy.
Studies show a parent’s poor diet could affect the genes of generations to come – and set up children and grandchildren for obesity and cardiovascular issues.
We found no discernable difference in how people rated family scenarios with one, two or three children.
Dads tell us they want to be included in support, but that this is predominantly aimed at mothers.
Surrogacy can exploit women, but others may choose to be involved for altruistic reasons. A scholar points out that surrogacy’s ethical value is dependent upon the people and systems who use it.
Artificial wombs could drastically change how the decision to become a parent fits into many people’s lives.
Our own study resoundingly finds that you can still be happy even if you want to have a child but are unable to.
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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