Answer and Explanation:
Contrary to earlier times where hands-on childcare was believed and rested solely on the mothers as their parental duty, fathers now contribute a lot more than they used to to caring for their children in recent times. We owe this new trends in the fathers parental care to the acceptable norms and practices of today and also the growing voice of women as regards gender equality. However it is worthy of note that these fatherhood trends of today have not properly eroded the past beliefs as women still perform more of these duties than men today