Researchers using sophisticated microphones and computers reported in this month's Pediatrics that dads talk to their infants about 1/3 as much as moms between birth and age 7 months. Reaction from outraged fathers was swift. Dan Rogers of Akron, Ohio, father of 3, said, "Whoa." LaShawn Coleman of Memphis, Tennessee took to Twitter to proclaim, "#Hmmm." Dr. Johann Schlemmer, tenured professor of linguistics and child development at Harvard was quoted opining, "Well..." Clearly this research has opened a floodgate of paternal opinion, and we will continue to follow the debate until the groundswell of conversation finally ebbs.
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