A group of dads in St. Albans, England, attended a hair-braiding class at a local elementary school in February. (Courtesy of Annis Waugh) Annis Waugh decided to host a hair-braiding class for fathers ...

It’s not revelatory information that the day-to-day work involved in raising kids in two-parent, heterosexual households is imbalanced. Typically, moms are relegated to the role of primary parent, ...

Kimberly Burke was just 10 years old when braiding came to her rescue for the first time. "I started braiding my dolls’ hair when I went into foster care," the Freeport native, now 55, recalls.

Annis Waugh decided to host a hair-braiding class for fathers, though she expected only a handful of sign-ups. To her surprise, the class quickly sold out, and dozens of dads added their names to a ...