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Fathers also want to ‘have it all,’ study says

  • Written by Gayle Kaufman, Professor of Sociology, Davidson College
imageDads need support, too.CC BY-SA

Have you seen the T-shirt slogan: Dads don’t babysit (it’s called “parenting”)?

This slogan calls out the gendered language we often still use to talk about fathers. Babysitters are temporary caregivers who step in to help out the parents. But the fact is that fathers are spending more time...

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