The New York Times has a great feature up today on dads who develop inventions based on their parenting experiences. From the article:
In the history of child care products from strollers to the odor-eliminating disposal known as the Diaper Genie, plenty have been dreamed up by men and women alike. But as more fathers have taken hands-on roles in child rearing, tackling some of the grittier and more odiferous chores of parenthood and even becoming stay-at-home dads, their inventions are increasingly inspired by personal experiences like
Mr. Habeeb’s. In many cases they are designed specifically for fellow fathers.“We’ve definitely seen an increase,” said Amy Chezem, a spokeswoman for the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, a trade group for an industry that sells $7.3 billion worth of merchandise annually. “A lot of that has to do with the fact that dads are a lot more involved now than they were even a decade ago.”
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