In the following months, I wrote to my friends, doctors, teachers and parenting role models.

在接下来的几个月里，我写信给我的朋友、医生、老师和育儿榜样。

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"We were surprised that mothers seem to learn a lot about the parenting role from their own mothers, but fathers don't follow their mothers as much," said researcher Jonathan Vespa in a statement.

研究职员乔纳森·韦斯帕在声明中称：“看起来妈妈从自己的母亲那儿那里学到了很多育儿经，而爸爸却不跟自己的母亲学那么多，我们对此很惊疑。”

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"Initiatives such as parental leave for men and parenting classes that emphasize the role of fathers could help to maximize children's development from early childhood to preadolescence," says Serbin.

瑟宾说，“比如倡导增加男人产假和开办育儿课堂等方式来强化父亲的角色，以使儿童从儿童早期到青春期前期的发育获得最佳的家庭环境。”

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Unless they are given complete control of the PIIGS spending and taxing authority, the Germans will most likely abandon their parenting role in Europe in due course.

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Regardless of the root issue, parents should feel no shame about seeking information (which, by the way, we're not born with) from experienced parents that you view as role models, by attending workshops, reading parenting books, and seeking out reliable information from research and professionals.

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