Tag Archives: Nurturing

Custodial Fathers Should Limit Work to 40 Hours Per Week

The battle over child custody can be physically, emotionally and financially draining. For many parents, the decision to forego child custody battles is often determined by mediation and the agreement to participate in dual parenting with joint custody and 50/50 split visitation. In recent years, however, the number of fathers gaining custody of their children […]

Why I Collect “My Little Pony” Toys

As someone who turns up her nose at gender-stereotyped toys and mass-produced plastic commoditites, I would probably be the last grown woman you’d expect to have a My Little Pony collection. While this is something that I generally keep “on the down-low” because it’s, frankly, a sort of odd hobby, I can’t get enough of […]

Parenting Roles: Can Fathers Be Mothers?

Psychologist Louise B. Silverstein and sociologist David Popenoe can go head to head on whether Fathers can “Mother.” There has been an active debate about the roles and responsibilities of the media in dealing with any issues for decades. So: what does it mean to be a responsible parent? Is one sex naturally better than […]