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Joshua A. Krisch
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The Average Package
Most men are about five inches long—and most women are fine with that.
Health & Science
The Reassuring Physics of the Rear-Facing Car Seat
A 20-pound toddler traveling at 30 MPH will require 600 lbs of restraining force to keep him or her in place.
Health
The Easiest Workout Ever, Tailored For Dads
Because chasing a toddler around the house is tiring enough.
Fitness
What That Bombshell Screen Time Study Really Means
New data shows that screen time harms child development. But there’s evidence that good parenting between screen time sessions mitigates the negative impacts.
Health & Science
What Happens to Sons Who Lose Their Dads
Men and women respond to the deaths of their mothers and fathers differently. Here's a breakdown of the data that predicts how each gender handles grief.
Father Figures
Why Parents Ignore Their Daughters' Pain
Adults who think they’re watching a five-year-old suffer may take that child's pain less seriously if she's a girl, than if they think he's a boy.
Health & Science
After the End of Everything
Though parents mourning the death of a child experience classic psychological, biological, and social grief responses, there are unique challenges.
Health & Science
Data Shows How Fatherhood Alters Male Biology
Men experience neurobiological and physiological changes to prime them for fatherhood—not unlike how women’s bodies prepare them for motherhood.
Father Figures
Men Get SAD Too
Seasonal affective disorder is thought to disproportionately impact women. But that may just be because guys aren't getting the help they need when they're feeling blue.
Health & Science
Siblings Shape Our Lives
New research is bringing an unexpected truth to light: Brothers and sisters may have as powerful an effect on one another's lives as parents.
Health & Science
Study: Parents With Two Children Are Losing Their Minds
Researchers surveyed 20,000 Australians over the course of 16 years, and found that second children “increase time pressure” and “deteriorate parents' mental health”.
Health & Science
The Science of Dad, in Three Charts
There’s ample research out there on The Father Effect. Here’s the data that supports it.
Father Figures
Why Your New Year's Weight Loss Resolution Was a Bad Idea
There are numerous studies demonstrating that New Year’s weight loss resolutions almost never work.
Fitness
Should You Tell Children That They’re Just Like Their Parents?
The nature vs nurture debate is settled: personality traits are heritable. But how much of child development hinges on DNA, and what should parents do with this information?
Health & Science
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