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Postpartum Depression Hits Dads Too. We're Just Not Talking About It.
A new study tracking over a million fathers just confirmed what many wives already suspected: your husband is not okay, and the hardest part hits later than you think.
By Lisa Britton4 min read
Recent decades have brought seismic shifts in how we parent. Dads today are far more hands-on than their own fathers or grandfathers ever were—changing diapers in the middle of the night, juggling work with story time, and carving out precious paternity leave when they can. As I stroll around Brooklyn, New York, I see so many fathers pushing strollers and playing with their kids at the park. I’m pretty sure this wouldn’t have been the case a few decades ago. This evolution is wonderful in many ways.