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From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family examined differences in the parenting practices of four groups of fathers according to whether they were biologically related to a child and whether they were married to the child's mother. Researchers found that married social fathers exhibited equivalent or higher quality parenting behaviors than married and cohabiting biological fathers. Married social fathers were more engaged with children, took on more shared responsibility in parenting, and were more trusted by mothers to take care of children. Sample children were mostly born to unmarried parents and had been followed from birth to approximately age five. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this article may contact journalnews@bos.blackwellpublishing.net. Lawrence M. Berger, PhD, MSW is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and can be reached for questions at Lmberger@wisc.edu.
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