Fathers, reconsidered

Happy belated Father’s Day to all fathers and people who have had a father, which includes everybody. To mark yesterday, University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox writes about the myths that journalists regularly trot out for the occasion. I’ll just list the myths, and you can go to the

article for what he says about them, including the hard scientific evidence:

1.  THE ‘MR. MOM’ SURGE [There are actually very few stay-at-home dads.]

2. WOMEN WANT EVERYTHING 50-50 [They actually don’t.]

3. MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER [Married fathers are far more involved with their kids than live-together fathers.]

4. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT [Children do much, much better when they are raised by both parents.]

5. DADS ARE DISPENSABLE [Dads are indispensable.]