Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Podcast #998: Dad’s Essential Role in Making Kids Awesome

Fathers are often viewed as secondary parents, or even superfluous.

My guest claims that fathers saved the human species and are still doing so today.

Anna Machin is a evolutionary anthropologist and pioneer of fatherhood research. She is also the author of The Life of Dad. We discuss the importance of fathers throughout human history, as well as how they continue to play a major role in teaching children the skills to become independent and to navigate the world outside their families. We also discuss the physiological changes that occur when a man is a father, and how dads have the same biological predisposition to parenting as mothers. We discuss the experience of fatherhood in the second half. Anna explains how long it takes for a man bond with his baby and to transition into fatherhood. She also explains how roughhousing helps build that bond and develop your child's resilience. Our conversation ends with a discussion on how Mom and Dad's relationship affects their parenting style and how that impacts building a strong, healthy family.

Podcast Resources

AoM article: The Importance Of Fathers (According To Science)AoM article: A man's guide to pregnancy -- Getting ready for the Baby bombAoM article: A man's guide to pregnancy -- Your Progeny enters the worldAoM articles: New Dad Survival -- The MindsetAoM articles: New Dad Survival -- The SkillsetAoM podcast #119: Why fathers matter AoM article: You don't have to be your dad -- How to become

Connect with Anna Machin

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