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Show Expectant Dads Are Taught How to Act With Children CHICAGO. Expectant fathers fath-ers are taught what to expect when the stork comes. A series ol three sessions lor prospective fathers is conducted four times a year at Chicago lying-in hospital and dispensary of the university of Chicago. Chicago lying-in, which is primarily a research institution, started classes for fathers a year ago. Since then more than 500 husbands have attended classes open to every expectant I father in Chicago. Instruction is free. j Dr. William J. Dicckmann, I chairman of the department of obstetrics and chief of staff, j said the fathers' classes ( were an effort to pull the father j into family activity. "It's a 50-50 business, and a father can make things much easier for his wife if he is made I to realize that there is a lot oi I work and mental strain before and after the baby is born," he said. |