We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have
we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt …

Humans are one of the few primates that regularly engage in bi-parental care of offspring.
We are distinctive among the hominids in exhibiting direct paternal care, making this …

This article presents an introduction to the special issue on Fathers, families, and physiology
for the current issue of Developmental Psychobiology. Two major themes emerged across …

Humans are unique among great apes and most other mammals, in that our wide range of
offspring investment behaviors includes significant paternal care and provisioning of …

Despite the well-documented importance of paternal caregiving for positive child
development, little is known about the neural changes that accompany the transition to …

Although increasing numbers of gay and lesbian individuals ultimately become parents, the
vast majority of research on the transition to parenthood focuses exclusively on heterosexual …

Despite the well-documented benefits afforded the children of invested fathers in modern
Western societies, some fathers choose not to invest in their children. Why do some men …

A substantial body of research has investigated the effects of early family environments on
the sexual maturity and behavior of adolescents and young adults. Most of this research has …

Partnered adults tend to have lower risks of depression than do single individuals, while
parents are more commonly depressed than non-parents. Low testosterone men, and …

Social buffering, a subset of social support, is the process through which the availability of a
conspecific reduces the activity of stress-mediating neurobiological systems. While its role in …