Fact 4: Dad time can make all the difference
One of the great surprises of the Covid pandemic was how much certain social factors (for example, marital satisfaction) improved even as others (for example, anxiety levels) worsened. Many of the improvements could be tied to one simple factor: People were spending much more time with their loved ones. And we simply become closer with people we see all the time.
But there was another crucial thing that happened: Early on in the lockdown phase, a Harvard report found that fathers were growing closer and closer with their kids. Regardless of racial background, socio-economic status, education, and a host of other factors, nearly 70% of men felt closer to their kids and more than half said their kids were talking to them more about emotional matters.
Just because they were spending more time together.
So let’s encourage that time together. Let’s swing that gate wide open, knowing that our man wants to walk through it. Or … perhaps… swing wildly on it with his squealing child.
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