The Importance of a Father...

Fathers do this really important thing

which is they help the baby to learn to

regulate certain emotions. So mothers

help to regulate sadness, fear,

distress. Fathers help to regulate

excitement and aggression. So when

fathers aren't around, you'll often see

little boys who are more impulsive, who

are more aggressive. Um, so the answer

is fathers and mothers are both critical

to the development of children, which is

a very controversial thing to say today

because if you're raised without one,

you are missing a piece. But they're not

the same. And they're not the same

because our hormones dictate they're not

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