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What is the author’s main argument? Glenda Wall and Stephanie Arnold argue that the “new fathers” of today are more involved, nurturing, they develop closer relationships with their children, and they share the caregiving joys with mothers. However, there is still some parental guilt in the parental dynamic due to responsibilities, work-family balance issues, and hegemonic masculinities that continue to cast mothers as the primary caregiver. Wall and Arnold study parenting to determine how media has formed the roles of mom and dad. They both believe that fathers now are far more likely to be a big part of their child's life then they were thirty years ago. How does the author conceptually develop his or her argument? When you think of

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