- Title
- Sad dads: a challenge for pediatrics
- Creator
- Garfield, Craig F.; Fletcher, Richard
- Relation
- Pediatrics Vol. 127, Issue 4, p. 781-782
- Relation
- http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/4.toc
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- A standout feature of the current generation of 67.8 million US fathers is their involvement with their children. Time-diary studies have revealed that US fathers increased time spent on child care duties from 2.5 hours/ week in 1965 to 7 hours/week in 2000, an amount greater than fathers in Australia, Canada, France, Britain, and Holland. In 2006, 24% of 11.2 million preschool-aged children whose mothers work are cared for by their fathers during their mother’s working hours. The notion of “family pediatrics,” as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics report on fathers and pediatrics, encourages clinicians’ active support of fathers, especially in light of today’s changing families and the positive outcomes associated with father involvement. However, operationalizing provider support for fathers is not always straightforward. The field of pediatrics is now faced with finding ways to support fathers in their parenting role much in the same way we support mothers. In doing so, we may take one more important step forward in optimizing child health and development.
- Subject
- fathers; mental health; family pediatrics; parenting behaviours
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/940904
- Identifier
- uon:13126
- Identifier
- ISSN:0031-4005
- Language
- eng
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