Growing up without a dad may suck for (some) kids, but the damage (if any) was all done exactly nine months before birth #uncomfortablefacts
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Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471 I would like a life filled with well-being, not one that's miserable for first 20 or so years, then gets better later.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JayMan471@jttiehen Emphasis on (genetically confounded) outcomes overlooks the effects of remarriage for stepkids. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300080298/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @NineBandedBooks
@NineBandedBooks@JayMan471@jttiehen so part of dad's value is as a blocker for violent stepdad2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@NineBandedBooks@jttiehen Step-parent abuse is rare enough to be a non-issue.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JayMan471@sarahdoingthing@NineBandedBooks and also rare enough to be irrelevant to public policy?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jttiehen@sarahdoingthing@NineBandedBooks It's unclear it's common enough to be evolutionarily interesting.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471 Agree unclear - but unless stepparent equivalents have been very rare, differential feeding (neglect) must have been important.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@JayMan471 (given how many kids died of malnutrition-related disease)
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