Involved Fathers, Good Outcomes: Why Parental Leave Matters

Gayle Kaufman, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality
It sounds so simple: Good things happen when parents spend time with their children. But fathers in the United States increasingly don’t get to see their children as much as they would like. More than ever, dads feel that work is robbing them of the opportunity to be present during their children’s lives.