Lois?

[u/WithSkelly]

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[u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575]

Is it? That sounds horrendous. 

[u/tiorzol → u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575]

Nah it's not. I can see how someone would want to normalise such a shitty event to deal with it but the fathers I know and myself have been much much more involved and supportive than our fathers were 

[u/Infamous_Try3063 → u/tiorzol]

It is very common unfortunately.  The younger generation of dads are more supportive and involved and its so awesome to see.

*I have enough years in healthcare to be that many people my age are retired.

[u/upholsteryduder → u/Infamous_Try3063]

86% of all fathers now attend the birth of their infant

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026661381000104X

14% is not "very common", it's the exception, not the rule

[u/MyEmptyMind → u/upholsteryduder]

“The younger generation of dads are more supportive and involved and it’s so awesome to see” Jeez genius it’s almost as if that’s what the comment said.

[u/Deftly_Flowing → u/upholsteryduder]

Off topic but what percentage of something do you think that something needs to be before it becomes 'common'?

Like I would think 20-50% is a solid range for common and then 50%+ is when its very common.

But then again, if you consider that there's probably 10-20 births a day in a hospital, then you would probably see 1 or 2 fathers not showing up daily. So if its a daily occurance does it drift back into the realm of commonplace even though the percentage is low?

[u/upholsteryduder → u/Deftly_Flowing]

"Common" generally means shared, widespread, or ordinary. It refers to things occurring frequently.

To me, common means the thing that is most likely to happen or happens more often than not, aka the "norm".

Frequent/Widespread: Widespread, prevalent, general, popular, familiar, ordinary.