Taranikanti Madhuri, Gaur Archana, Ganji Vidya, Taranikanti Sai Shriya
Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, Tripura, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2023 May-Jun;48(3):379-381. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_902_22. Epub 2023 May 30.
Parenting is a valuable investment that determines the quality of future independent life. From an evolutionary aspect, it has been well ingrained in the minds of humans as to how much resource each parent should contribute to this energy and time-consuming task. To encourage father's contribution towards parenting and reduce the stress on mother, the concept of paid paternal leave has been implemented. Mere presence of the father in terms of the quantity of time spent without much qualitative value has no benefit, but the assumption that fathers are less competent based on their lower performance might also not be acceptable. An intriguing finding has demonstrated that prolonged contact with the infant triggers a change in previously absent male parenting behavior. With incentives on one hand and associated societal stigma on the other hand, it is to be analyzed whether the purpose of true parenting by fathers is being achieved. Hence, in the concept of contributory parenting it is necessary to recognize and respect each parenting style with the ultimate benefit being passed on to the child.
育儿是一项宝贵的投资，它决定了未来独立生活的质量。从进化的角度来看，关于每位父母应该为这项耗费精力和时间的任务贡献多少资源，这在人类的观念中已经根深蒂固。为了鼓励父亲参与育儿并减轻母亲的压力，带薪陪产假的概念已经实施。仅仅是父亲在陪伴时间的数量上出现，而没有太多质量上的价值，这是没有益处的，但基于较低表现就认为父亲能力较差的假设也可能不被接受。一项有趣的发现表明，与婴儿长时间接触会引发此前不存在的男性育儿行为的改变。一方面有激励措施，另一方面又存在相关的社会污名，需要分析父亲真正育儿的目的是否得以实现。因此，在共同育儿的概念中，有必要认识并尊重每种育儿方式，最终的益处会传递给孩子。
