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Council on Contemporary Families

Don't Call Him Mr. Mom: The Rise/Reign of the Stay-at-Home Dad

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.06.2012 | Parents
Read More: Council on Contemporary Families, 2010 Census, Preschoolers, Father and Child Reunion, Dads, Stay at Home Dads, Fathers, Dr. Warren Farrell, Stay at Home Fathers, Breadwinner Wives and the Men They Marry, Parents News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

Though we might like to think that our roles as men and women have become fluid enough to swap Mom for Dad and vice versa, I'm not sure it's quite that easy.

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Study: Older, Unmarried, Educated Moms On Rise

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: National Center for Health Statistics, Council on Contemporary Families, Pew Research Study Motherhood, Stephanie Coontz, Motherhood Study, The New Demography of American Motherhood, D'Vera Cohn, u.s. Census Bureau, Rise of Single Mother, Older Better-Educated Mothers, Fertility Treatment, Study: Older, Unmarried, Educated Moms on Rise, College News

New mothers in the U.S. are increasingly older and better educated than they were two decades ago, according to a study on the state of American mothe...

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Healthy Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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