It is now established that men can be competent caretakers of children including new-borns, that most are deeply attached to their infants, and that some are already centrally involved in child-rearing. The parenting styles of mothers and fathers within couples have been revealed as remarkably similar; and where fathering differs from mothering, this is more strongly associated with situation than with gender. As soon as men take on similar levels (to mothers) of responsibility for young children, parenting-approaches generally become indistinguishable.
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