What are some of the benefits and challenges for families in which two parents are actively involved?
It benefits every member of the family. Mothers have someone who is thinking about the day-to-day decisions with them. They get to experience their partner as a nurturing, involved parent. Fathers get to be really connected with their children from the start — not just when they start walking or talking. One father of twins we know became the expert in his family on reading his sons’ cries. Way before his kids learned to talk he could understand what they were saying, and they learned that they could count on him. Kids who have two active, involved, full parents experience the richness and individuality of each parent. And the more parents you have involved, the higher your chances of having a fresh parent when you need one. There are, however, several new challenges that come up in families where parents are really sharing the caring. Decisions which might have been decided unilaterally by one parent are now open to negotiation and differences of opinion. Also, in many families where
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