When my wife had our first baby, I, like many new dads, discovered that infants now come with carrying cases. There's the Baby Bjorn, for strapping Junior to your chest; the cloth sling, for the hunter-gatherer look; and the backpack, for the man who prefers to pretend that his child is camping gear.
The baby carrier is a symbol of a generation of dads--the Baby Bjorners--who, because of spouses' careers, the desire to be involved in their kids' lives, divorce or simple fairness, are doing more of the physical work of parenting. But it's also become a ubiquitous TV and movie...
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