Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
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As birth control became increasingly accepted, some supporters’ views were based in religious beliefs about what motherhood should look like.
A paradigm shift toward more social support is in order. It may sound countercultural, but really it’s a return to how people have raised children for thousands of years.
An increasing number of elderly Ghanaians live without daily family support.
A decade of data shows Australian men appear to focus their emotional energies primarily on their nuclear families and partners.
People have changed over time, growing ever more distant and isolated from others – while at the same time finding new ways and technologies that let individuals connect and feel with others.
The BBC’s dark drama reveals just how thin the veneer of middle-class respectability can be.
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