Author: Heidi Smith Luedtke, PhD

Pop culture doesn’t appreciate dads. Sitcoms make fun of their diapering (in)abilities or portray dads as irresponsible babysitters who feed the kids pizza, ice cream and sugary soda while mum is out. Personal experience tells me there may be some truth in this. My own husband shows our kids zombie movies then acts surprised when they refuse to sleep with the lights out. Really. Stereotypes aside, it can be hard to move past the mum-knows-best mentality and make room for dad’s different style of parenting. Mum of four Tsara Shelton says parenting with her boys’ dad has been the biggest…

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