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Nurturing dads raise emotionally intelligent kids – helping make society more respectful and equitable

  • Written by Kevin Shafer, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University
imageBoys often mirror the habits, interests and values of their own fathers. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

When my oldest son, now nearly 13, was born in July of 2008, I thought I could easily balance my career and my desire to be far more engaged at home than my father and his generation were. I was wrong.

Almost immediately, I...

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