#6. Sad, but True, Speed Links for Saturday
June 16, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
New fathers, like all men, are completely unpredictable.
Is Sunday Fathers’ Day in Japan Too?
June 14, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Finances, Mental Health
I think every kid asks this question:
“There’s Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day, so how come there is no Children’s Day?
And the answer is always the same.
“Oh! Every day is Children’s Day.”
To be honest, that cliché answer pretty much sums up how I feel about Fathers‘ Day. A recent study reported in The Guardian adds a few figures to back up my perspective.
In Japan, nine out of ten men with children under a year-old do nothing, or almost nothing to care for them. This was not the only statistic to inspire PPD.
The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research found …read more
