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Alum’s Book Tackles the Hidden Science of Fatherhood

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The science has never been against fathers; only the politics:

http://valme.io/c/mens-rights/88qqs/a-tale-of-two-children-t...

Next to Jim Crow laws, in recent times, there likely isn't a larger civil rights issue in the discriminatory realm than taking good fathers away from their children. 84.4% of mothers are the custodial parents (in the US according to census data). And this has been going on since the 1970s, "hidden" in plain sight.

"84.4% of mothers are the custodial parents"

The vast majority of custodial arrangements are not decided by the courts, but between the parents, so I'm not sure how you can blame this ratio on our legal system.

Only 4% of fathers seek custody of their children through the courts, but when they do, they win the majority of the time. Men who actually bother to fight for custody usually win. So how is this a civil rights issue?

The 84.4% statistic is cited in the census report (linked in this article, along with other census reports effectively showing the number is unchanged over the years). And where are you pulling the 4% number from? Sounds like a completely made-up number, similar to the rest of your claims.

Proof from a authoritative source would be useful to validate your claims, don't you think?

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Works for me as of now. Try again?

Nope, the same for me.

same for me

I found that if I went to the front page first https://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/ then clicked through, it worked.

Google cache URL:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?safe=off&es_sm=...

"Do fathers really make a difference in their children’s lives?"

It's sad that this question even needs to be asked.

But do they make a positive or a negative difference?

I would argue that my father had a negative influence. Mom wasn't really good or bad so I'd say she didn't make a difference.

I think Neil Tyson's observation that he experienced success in spite of his teachers, not because of them is worth pondering.

You could say the same thing about mothers or any sort of parent. Any parent can be a negative or a positive, but what is it in the general case of parents who care about their children?

works after refresh for me

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