Loving fatherhood

“[R]esearchers have shown that parents who monitor and discipline their teens and communicate with them reduce the risk of their teens’ being involved in sexually risky behaviors.”

Talk about putting the “duh” in Ph.D.

I’m smiling behind the gargoyle mask.

“Fathers may parent in ways that differ from mothers, and therefore represent an additional opportunity to support adolescent health and well-being.”

It calls to mind a country song of recent vintage where a father is carrying on a one-sided conversation with his daughter’s date about how he’ll treat her right. Ends with something like “Now go have a good time. I’ll see you when you get back. I’ll still be up cleaning this gun.”