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Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

Sad fathers don't read as much to babies, whose vocabs suffer

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 7, 2008 1:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – About 10% of new fathers show signs of clinical depression—a rate twice that of other men—and that can have a noticeable effect on their children, an American Psychiatric Association study finds. Sad dads interact less with their progeny, which means less bedtime reading...   Read full story »

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