The Daily Mail, along with various other national papers, reported last week on a new genre of confessional literature – by new fathers experiencing negative feelings after their baby was born: The fatherhood taboo.
One of the authors of the three books, is quoted as saying, “New mums are better at parenting than new dads, but there’s a reason why: they are programmed to mother.”
This resulted in an outpouring of comments in the following days, most characterised by generosity and common sense – 176 comments in total. It is the best discussion on fatherhood on-line that I have ever seen. Participation was 50/50 men and women. About one quarter of respondents agreed with the statement and the rest disagreed – vehemently.
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