New mothers take a close look at their personal relationship with their husband or partner when deciding how much they want him involved in parenting, new research finds.
The study found that mothers limited the father’s involvement in child rearing when they perceived their couple relationship to be less stable. Mothers also limited fathers who were less confident in their own ability to raise children.
The bottom line is that new mothers are assessing their partners’ suitability to be a parent, said Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, co-author of the study and professor of human sciences at The Ohio State University.
