Our guest today, Kevin Schaefer has done an incredible amount of research about fatherhood in particular, how fathers in Canada compare to fathers in the US and what policies encourage or discourage a father's involvement and availability in the home in each country.

He's an associate professor in the department of sociology at Brigham Young University. He's had over 40 peer reviewed articles. That's how I got in touch with him is I read one of his articles about childhood trauma and just was absolutely touched by the stories there. He has a book coming out called, So Close, Yet So Far how Canadian and American fathers differ and why.

In this episode he shares his research and what we can do to help influence policies to increase fatherhood engagement - in particular paid fatherly leave in America.

Show notes:

https://kevinshafer.org/

https://rightawaydad.com

https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/canadian-dads-more-involved-than-american-dads/

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-canadian-dads-involved-kids-american.html

Music by DJ Quads