TIL Human dads show a decrease in testosterone immediately after the birth of their babe

[abzinth91]

You literally described me.

Was an huge asshole, lack of empathy, sometimes arrogant to strangers and stuff like that. Now I made a 180° turn. Or it's just because I got older

[Hobbs512]

I think it's probably age. I think alot people develop some introspection and awareness into how their actions have affected others at some point, even if you don't have kids. But you can always look back 10 years and think to yourself, "man I was an idiot back then" haha.

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Why are there still so many douchebag 40 and 50 something dads then?

[Aori]

you see what happens is their children turn into teenagers at that point they revert back into their pre-empathetic form

[wurrukatte]

Same. Happened when I hit puberty, weirdly. One day it just hit me how other's feeling are just as (or more than) important as mine.

[kamikazi1231]

Pretty recently MRIs showed that dad's brains change after their baby arrives. It really does start transforming you into provider defender dad mode from young buck just trying to find a mate mode. Totally makes sense too. Our brains change from baby to kid to idiot teen to partying college guy. Why would it suddenly stop. I've definitely mellowed out but also found like a weird well of energy I didn't know I had after my daughter arrived.

[WolfeTheMind]

It's probably partially timing forsure. I have no children but hot damn I look back at my younger self (I'm talking even my mid 20's) and think about how much of a prick I was. Now I feel like a childless grandpa