At-home dads make parenting more of a ‘guy’ thing

At-home dads are putting a masculine stamp on child-rearing and home life that could have significant benefits down the road. The lead author of a recent study on at-home fathers, Gokcen Coskuner-Balli, an assistant professor of marketing at Chapman University in Orange, CA, says,"Just as we saw the feminization of the workplace in the past few decades, with

At-home dads are putting a masculine stamp on child-rearing and home life that could have significant benefits down the road. The lead author of a recent study on at-home fathers, Gokcen Coskuner-Balli, an assistant professor of marketing at Chapman University in Orange, CA, says,"Just as we saw the feminization of the workplace in the past few decades, with more emphasis on such skills as empathy and listening, we are seeing the opposite at home–a masculization of domestic tasks and routines."

The Wall Street Journal, 1/23/2013

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