Kenyan Fathers Challenging Traditional Masculinity

These Kenyan fathers are challenging traditional ideas of masculinity by using the kangaroo method to bond with their newborns.

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00:00Why don't we as dads take care of our babies just like the mums do?

00:09Kids are supposed to be taken care of by the mum.

00:19I didn't know what kangaroo was all about until when I came here.

00:22So when they explained to me, I appreciated and in fact I welcomed the idea.

00:30Why don't we as dads take care of our babies just like the mums do?

00:47It's very economical. It doesn't need special equipment and doesn't need extra money.

00:56It looks like incubators.

01:01Why don't we as dads take care of our babies just like the mums do?

01:07It is the duty or the responsibility of each and every dad to take care of these babies because they can survive.