Why fathers really matter

Darwin, say hello to Lamarck. Biology, shake hands with sociology. Sperm and egg, meet the urgent need for a more humane and healthy world.
The implications of epigenetics described in this article are nothing short of mind-boggling. For individuals — including my son and daughter-in-law who are wonderfully pregnant — the implications are clear: eat well and don’t stress, among others.

For governments and development agencies, the implications for policy and services are even vaster: gender-based policies don’t just mean women and girls…they must include men and boys…and the effects of unhealthy, inequitable and violent environments are transmitted down the generations through pathways we are only beginning to understand.

A must-read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/why-fathers-really-matter.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper