I'm not a big fan of the Hallmark holidays - those ones that you just know were made up at some point in the past, mainly to sell greeting cards. But anyhow, happy first Father's Day to me!
Most of us know the ways that parenthood affects mothers. But in keeping with the theme of the day, here's an article from Slate magazine outlining some new findings about how parenthood affects fathers (er, if you're a marmoset):
There's also preliminary but tantalizing evidence that fatherhood can change the brain. A 2006 study
found enhancements in the prefrontal cortex of the father marmoset.
After childbirth, the neurons in this region showed greater
connectivity, suggesting that having young children could boost the
part of the brain responsible for planning and memory, skills parents
need when having kids gives them more to keep track of. The neurons
also had more receptors for vasopressin, a hormone that has been shown
to prompt animal fathers to bond with offspring. (Receiving an
injection of vasopressin, for instance, prompts a male prairie vole to
cuddle and groom a youngster.)
(Thanks to Heather M. for the pointer to this article)
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How Fatherhood Affects The Body and The Brain
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Jason
on Sun 17 Jun 2007 12:31 PM CST
Saturday, June 16
Smaller: The Story of the Disposable Diaper (The Perfect Innovation) - Malcolm Gladwell
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Jason
on Sat 16 Jun 2007 11:37 AM CST
Doing my third diaper change of the morning reminded me of this excellent Malcolm Gladwell article I read a year or two ago. In it, he looks at the history of disposable diapers, their science and the impact various elements have had on the economic aspects of the product.
Shea and I did the cloth v. disposable debate and like all good neo-hippies of the world, we were going to go with cloth. But someone (Quinn? Ian?) showing me a Wired article about how each is equally bad for the environment (PDF) in its own way along with the extra complications of trying to do cloth while maintaining two separate households, tilted the pointer towards convenience. |
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