Ben Waber reviewed Father Time by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
A Biological and Anthropological Examination of Men and Babies
4 stars
The meat of this book is a wide-ranging tour of parental behavior in the animal kingdom, then pivoting to our closest living relatives and finally humans. I would've liked more historical examination of parental practices, but there's still good review of broad trends up to the present day. There's a lot of personal narrative here, and some gets a bit grating (I get that your son-in-law is a great dad, does it have to come up in nearly every chapter?), and there are lightly researched sections on neuroscience that aren't great. Overall, however, this book nicely demonstrates how it is extremely natural, and normal, for men to be major or even primary caregivers for babies and children. Highly recommend