Anonymous sperm donors tracked down by their children using DNA tests, says research
Sperm and egg donors who assumed they would remain anonymous have been tracked down by their children using DNA tests, new research says.
Sperm and egg donors who assumed they would remain anonymous have been tracked down by their children using DNA tests, new research says.
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2023
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Social service systems struggle to successfully engage with men as parents. A new book co-authored and co-edited by Georgia State University scholar Qiana Cryer-Coupet addresses the biases and assumptions about men and fathers ...
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2023
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When it comes to video games, boys are the main source of parents' concern, and maybe rightly so.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2023
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More than 1.1 million African American men are imprisoned in the United States, and about 500,000 are fathers. Many of their fathers also served time in jail or prison, and many of their children will as well.
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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Victorian courts disproportionally penalized poor families when they heard child neglect cases, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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The male reproductive system serves as a hotspot for the emergence of new genes. Perhaps that explains why more new mutations are inherited from fathers than from mothers. It doesn't, however, clarify why older fathers pass ...
Evolution
Jan 12, 2023
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Adult children are over four times more likely to be estranged from their fathers than their mothers, a new long-term national study found.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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The birth of a child is a positive milestone in most parents' lives. And with the new responsibilities come behavioral changes, particularly for first-time parents. Such a turning point can have long-term or even permanent ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2022
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When fathers in economically struggling families show symptoms of depression, the effects may be particularly damaging to the couple's relationship, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2022
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By distinguishing between the initial paternity leave taken by the majority of fathers, and subsequent solo paternal leave taken by fewer fathers, we have developed competing hypotheses about why low- or high-wage fathers ...
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2022
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