Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Anna Machen,

she's an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University, a researcher into the role of

fatherhood across time and an author. The modern world has made dad surplus to requirements.

In many ways, the deadbeat dad is such a meme in sitcoms and cartoons now that it's no surprise,

men don't feel that they have a role in child rearing. But just how important are fathers

to the development of boys and girls and what don't we know about their impact?

Expect to learn how fathers save the human race when babies' heads got too big,

whether it's normal for dads to not feel love for their baby when it's born,

the most important ways dads can bond with their kids, whether dads are more important to girls

or boys' development, what pushback Anna got for writing a pro-father book, and much more.

This feels like a very important conversation and I learned an awful lot about the unseen impact

of fathers and fatherlessness on the outcomes that kids get, on their emotional intelligence,

on their level of mental health, everything, and also the challenges that are faced by dads.

So I really, really hope that this gives comfort or advice or solace to many people that need it.

And Anna's book is fantastic and you should definitely go and check that out as well

if you resonate with this episode. This Monday, the world's strongest bodybuilder

Stan Effardin, creator of the vertical diet and absolutely fantastic human with tons and tons

of insights about training and dieting is on Modern Wisdom. Another Modern Wisdom cinema episode

filmed out in LA when I was with Jim Shark and this one is really, really great. So get ready for that.

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