On AlterNet: fatherhood

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "fatherhood"

Can Men Really Have It All? How a Quest for Perfectionism is Stressing Out Dads

Suzanne Braun Levine, Women's Media Center. August 17, 2011.

Is there a "male mystique"? A new study suggest that men are suffering under an unrealistic and stressful standard of perfection in both their family lives and careers.

Hey Would-Be Daddies, How You Take Care of Yourself Plays into the Health of Your Future Children

Emily Anthes, Miller-McCune.com. December 14, 2010.

Drinking, smoking, taking prescription meds or failing to eat a balanced diet can influence the health of men's future children.

Note to Nervous Would-Be Dads: Having Kids Doesn't Look 'Gay'

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. April 27, 2009.

What is it with those men on cusp of middle age who see their masculine identity threatened by the act of fathering a child?

Egg Donors vs. Sperm Donors: Who Is Valued More and Why?

Paul Raeburn, Huffington Post. June 12, 2007.

Does the market for sperm donors and egg donors tell us something about stereotypes of mothers and fathers?

New Fatherhood Initiative Leaves Some Dads in the Cold

Amy DePaul, AlterNet. January 31, 2007.

The Bush Administration's new initiative to improve fatherhood in America raises questions about how best to strengthen families: by encouraging parenting skills or by promoting marriage?