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| quote: | Breast is still best, even if it is Dad's
By Alexandra Frean, Social Affairs Correspondent
A MAN’S nipples are perfectly suited to soothing a crying baby until it can be fed, according to a report on fatherhood.
It names the Aka Pygmies, a hunter-gatherer tribe from the northern Congo, as the best fathers. When the mother is not available, the father calms his baby by giving him or her a nipple to suck.
Aka Pygmy men do more in the way of childcare than fathers in any other society, according to the FatherWorld report, published today by Fathers Direct, a British charity.
Aka fathers may hold their baby close to their bodies for a couple of hours at a time, according to Barry Hewlett, an American anthropologist who has studied the tribe for more than 20 years.
On average, Aka fathers hold or are within reach of their infants 47 per cent of the time. They beat Swedish fathers, who are number one in the developed world, and who, on average, do 45 per cent of parental childcare.
British fathers are the fourth-most involved in the West, and do a third of parental childcare, according to the report, which is based on a review of existing research literature.
Caroline Flint, the former president of the Royal College of Midwives, said that she had come across many examples of men in Britain “suckling” their babies, even though it might not be something they talked about very much.
She said: “It’s not a case of the man saying to the baby, ‘Here you are, have my booby’, but usually of the baby snuffling along the father’s chest, finding the nipple and sucking. The men are usually very surprised, but the babies seem content.”
Sebastian Kraemer, a child psychiatrist at the Whittington Hospital in London, said: “It is possible that in prehistoric societies this was a normal way of fathering.” He said that it would be wrong to assume from the past 10,000 years of history that our prevailing model of mother-based childcare was the right one.
Of 156 cultures studied for the report, only 20 per cent were found to promote men’s close relationships with infants, with only 5 per cent doing the same for a father’s involvement with young children.
The report estimates that fathers worldwide contribute between a quarter and a third as much time as women to childcare, but it notes that active fathering is on the increase. In Britain the amount of time that fathers spend with their children has risen by eight times in the past 30 years.
Michael Lamb, professor of psychology at Cambridge University and a world expert on fatherhood, said: “Internationally, over the past 20 years, we have seen fathers who live with their children spending more time with them and doing more diverse activities, not just in Britain but in every known society.” |
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| EpiphanE |
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!
Not only NO, but HELL NO |
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| Slylee |
that's awesome...
i remember one time i was at this function thingy w/ the bf and i got introduced to this really hot doctor who was in his 30's...and he busted out the wallet to show me pictures of his new daughter and wouldn't shut up about her for like 10 minutes...i was like ummm, do u have a brother?
hahah jk i didn't say that.
i mean trust me, i'm not all into having babies just yet, but i find it extremely attractive and mature of a guy who is into his kids. i mean seriously...it's the most adorable thing to watch a grown man go on about his kids...
but knowing u men, he was probably using that as part of his game to get a little mistress thing going on.
hahah i'm not a pessimist when it comes to men or anything...reallY!
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| DigitalPhoenix |
They had this discussion on the radio the other day.
The DJ's were like: who tha hell would do that???
Surprisingly there were like 3 or 4 guys that called in to
admit they had given their nipple to their babies to shut them
up when mommie wasnt around! :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:
I re-affirm the coment by EpiphanE:
Not only NO, but HEEELLL NOOOO.. BISHHHHH!!!! :haha: |
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| Moral Hazard |
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| Bartimaeus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
that's awesome...
i remember one time i was at this function thingy w/ the bf and i got introduced to this really hot doctor who was in his 30's...and he busted out the wallet to show me pictures of his new daughter and wouldn't shut up about her for like 10 minutes...i was like ummm, do u have a brother?
hahah jk i didn't say that.
i mean trust me, i'm not all into having babies just yet, but i find it extremely attractive and mature of a guy who is into his kids. i mean seriously...it's the most adorable thing to watch a grown man go on about his kids...
but knowing u men, he was probably using that as part of his game to get a little mistress thing going on.
hahah i'm not a pessimist when it comes to men or anything...reallY!
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i think you would quickly get bored with someone if they went on about their kids all the time |
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| Slylee |
oh gawd...
and yes, it's quite obnoxious when fat soccer moms talk about nothing other than their kid to people who could probably care less...it's just really rare to see a guy get all excited talking about his first daughter, that's all. i only spoke w/ the guy that night, but i thought it was kinda cute when took out his wallet...he did it like right away and was like, "yea it's our first, bla bla" and i was just like uhhh....*drooling* |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
oh gawd...
and yes, it's quite obnoxious when fat soccer moms talk about nothing other than their kid to people who could probably care less...it's just really rare to see a guy get all excited talking about his first daughter, that's all. i only spoke w/ the guy that night, but i thought it was kinda cute when took out his wallet...he did it like right away and was like, "yea it's our first, bla bla" and i was just like uhhh....*drooling* |
It's uncommon to hear a new father fawn over his daughter?:wtf: What kind of heartless mosters do you associate with? |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
It's uncommon to hear a new father fawn over his daughter?:wtf: What kind of heartless mosters do you associate with? |
the same kind you associate with i'm sure:stongue: |
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| Bartimaeus |
moral and slylee need a |
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