Humor: A Diaper Changing Primer for New Fathers
August 7, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
On my Internet travels, I found this essay written by Ron Harper so I emailed him and asked for permission to republish it here. He graciously agreed.
So, here you have, A Diaper Changing Primer for New Fathers
by Ron Harper (Ron@melodymedia.com)
As a father of five children, I recognize that there is little written on the subject of diaper changing. The new father has to rely on his instinct and whatever he might have gleaned from his past.
While those born from 1970 onward, have the advantage of a changing society’s attitude toward fathers and their babies, those men who preceded this aforementioned generation were taught that babies were women’s work. This negative attitude and the fact that women still bear the burden of the responsibility in regard to children, prompted me to research this subject.
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