While cruising for stories I came across this headline from the Baltimore
Sun: In primate colony, titi monkey dads take on the
role of Mr. Mom. I can't interview these monkeys on what
they thought of the headline but the story is worth mentioning. Seems that the
folks at the California
National Primate Research Center found that mom monkeys are pretty
rough on their kids and dad is more than happy to take over. In the story UC
Davis psychology professor Karen
Bales, says, In most monogamous species, the dads are really good. It's
just taken to an extreme in titi monkeys because the moms are kind of bad,
sometimes you watch a titi monkey mom and you feel like she doesn't like
her babies." Titi
babies tend to ride draped across a parent's shoulders, and when mom wants the
kid off her back, her favorite strategy for shifting responsibility [to dad]
is to make the baby cry.
A new Digg for Dads - Don Leister of DadStaysHome.com
fame has turned
his main page into sort of a Digg
for Dads. He's done great with his dads
forum, and with the dads site
clogging the blogosphere It's a great idea. If you would like to submit
your blog send him a line with your
feed.
Updated: Friday, 23 February 2007 6:42 PM EST
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