A study from Chile suggests that babies benefit from skin-to-skin care from their fathers after a Caesarean section. The researchers recommend father-baby skin-to-skin care when mothers and babies are separated …
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Researchers in Belgium have compared the physiological response of babies to mothers and fathers stroking them, which is part of the bonding process. They found no differences. This, say the …
These photos have been published by UNICEF for their 2018 Fathers Day campaign, focusing on paternity leave. This is what the fathers said to the photographer. It is the most …
Fundamental to the case that the father-child bond should be supported is the biology and neurobiology of fatherhood. We advocate that the father-child bond should be supported and that the …
Recent advances in the understanding of the biology of fatherhood are pointing to kangaroo father care or father-infant skin-to-skin care (SSC) as a potentially key trigger of family processes that …
A study in northern Taiwan has measured increases in father-baby attachment behaviours after learning skin-to-skin contact. 83 fathers participated in a randomised controlled trial. All the fathers were given a …
The World Health Organisation has just declared that all women should have the right to a birth partner. This is a more sentimental post than our normal reviews of recent …
A literature review on father-infant skin-to-skin contact (SSC) found that it has positive impacts on babies, on fathers and on family relationships. The review, led by Dr Shefaly Shorey at …
Thanks to Child & Family Blog for permitting reproduction of this article. Researchers measured the changes in testosterone in fathers in a situation where their 12 month old baby was …