A long-term study of 292 families linked fathers’ parenting style to their children’s heart health years later. To ...

“Where’s Dad?” is a deceptively simple, yet profoundly complex, question. It carries weight, echoing through family narratives, community perceptions, and societal judgments. Often, our conversations ...

Most of the body of research dedicated to fatherhood has understandably been focused on how children benefit from the presence of a male parent or guardian. More attention is gradually being paid to ...

When fathers struggle with mental health at the time their children are born, their offspring experience developmental challenges throughout life, according to a new meta-analysis published in JAMA ...

Experts from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago affirm the need to screen new fathers for mental distress, recognizing the mounting research that underscores the importance of ...

Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller? Several studies have revealed that the brain loses volume across the transition to parenthood, Darby Saxbe, a psychology professor ...

Fertility is often discussed in the context of women, but men also experience a decline in reproductive potential as they age. Unlike women, who undergo menopause, men do not have a fixed reproductive ...

This year’s Father’s Day ended up being far more special than I had anticipated. My son and I had the chance to do something new together that wasn’t even on my mind a few days ago: we grilled a steak ...

November 20 is International Children’s Day and in South Africa, we’ll be marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from November 25. In drawing attention to these important days ...