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Shaping Expectations About Dads As Caregivers: Toward An Ecological Approach, Holning Lau
Shaping Expectations About Dads As Caregivers: Toward An Ecological Approach, Holning Lau
Holning Lau
A growing number of men embrace childcare responsibilities traditionally associated with women. Yet fathers who wish to be caregivers often face impediments. Legal scholars have focused attention on one of these impediments, the lack of workplace paternity leave, by calling on the government to mandate leave for new fathers. In this Essay, I argue that the focus on workplace policies is much too narrow. In light of cultural norms in the United States, there will be difficulty passing national legislation mandating paternity leave. Moreover, men shoulder cultural pressure not to take paternity leave even when it is offered. This Essay …