Has your brain changed since you became a Dad?
Kelly Lambert, chair of the psychology department at Randolph-Macon College, has been studying the male California deer mouse. She found that Poppa Mouse takes care of the babies — hanging with them, grooming them and keeping a close eye on them — whenever he's not out shopping for cheese. (Read more about the study, here.)
Her study suggests that there is such a thing as a "Daddy Brain"; that the male brain is biochemically altered by becoming a father, changes already well documented in females — mice and human mommies, alike.
So, for Father's Day, we asked some Dads we know:
Has becoming a father changed your brain?
Their answers, below.
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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
Happy Meals
Looking for a place to take Dad for lunch on Father's day?
Freelance writer and Maplewood mom Judie Hurtado begins her family-friendly restaurant review column for The MotherHood with a visit to Rockin' Joe's Cafe on Main Street in Millburn. Read her new column, here.
Enjoy, and Happy Father's Day!
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by Brett Rodgers
Daddy2
by Clain and Bryan DiPalma-Thomson
Dog Brain Afternoon
by Gregg Valentine
Happy Meals: The Family-Friendly
Restaurant Review
by Judie Hurtado
Mother (Unlike Any Other)
by Michael Lally
The Fit Parent: Defining Fatherhood
by Tim Reynolds
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