Do You Actually Need A Father To Raise A Child? - Dr Anna Machin - #680

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09/14/23

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Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University, a researcher into the role of fatherhood across time and an author.

The modern world has made dads surplus to requirements in many ways. The deadbeat dad is such a meme in sitcoms and cartoons now that it's no surprise men don't feel they have a role in child rearing. But just how important are fathers to the development of boys and girls? And what don't we know about their impact?

Expect to learn how fathers saved the human race when babies heads got too big, whether it's normal for dads to not feel love for their baby when it's born, the most important ways dads can bond with their kids, whether dads are more important to girls' or boys' development, what pushback Anna got for writing a pro-father book and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) We Need to Change the Narrative Around Fathers (06:02) How Evolution Shows the Value of Fatherhood (12:26) Is Modern Culture Making Fathers Redundant? (23:28) Changes in the Brain in a Committed Relationship (27:19) Why Babies Should Lie on the Father’s Chest (30:17) Differences in Roles of Mothers & Father’s in Child-Nurturing (41:23) Why Adolescents Need Their Fathers (50:04) Why Does Our Current Society Demonise Fathers? (58:13) What Anna Wished More People Knew (1:01:39) Where to Find Dr Machin

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