Argh!

[synapticjava]

I can't take it anymore! This article summary I'm writing? The article I'm writing about, and thus reading, is about Males as the primary caregiver durning early and middle childhood. It's actually a very fascinating article, and the studies the author provides are stunning. But the writing is deplorable. All kinds of contractions where they should not be, adjectives that are nondescript at best, and words like "stick-to-it-iveness". I want to change that "word" to "stick-a-pencil-in-your-eyeball-ness". *gah*

Comments

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

"stick-to-it-iveness"?!

Well, (s)he knew what it meant!
Maybe...

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a friend of mine was brought up by her Dad from when she was about 3 and her sister about 5. What's interesting is that my friend was totally happy with how she was brought up - they were pretty much allowed to do what they wanted, like, sleep in different places around the house, etc. and their Dad was a cool guy - odd, and history-buff geeky, but cool.
But the sister blames their Dad for everything that's wrong with her life - for not making sure her hair and clothes were tidy etc. when she was a kid, and letting her go out in a state where presumably she got teased about it.
My friend is a brilliant mum, and her sister - not so much...

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

That's one of the things this article talks about. New research is uncovering that children raised in homes in which the father (biological or not) are the primary caregiver are just as successful and highly developed as those in traditional settings. Research even sugggests that children with fathers as caregivers are better developed than those in traditional settings. It's actually a very fascinating phenemenon.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Did it say anything about differences dependent on what age the child is when the mother stops being present?

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Unfortunetely, in all of the studies the author presented, the mother was still present in the home - these were "Mr. Mom" cases in which the mother worked or went to school, etc., while the father stayed home and raised the children.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Does it say anything about kids from homes where there's only a single mother as caregiver?

[wildflowerfever.livejournal.com]

Ah, you gotta love made up theory terms. *grin*

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. *rolls eyes*