Father_Role_in_Child_Development

Father Role in Child Development Father Role in Child Development The role of father love in child development is of significant importance. Their role helps mold and shape the child as they grow both physically, mentally, and socially. Many aspects of a father affect how a child develops. Differences in involvement among unemployed and employed men are very important. The amount of time that the father is available to help raise the child affects the type of relationships that the child may have later in life and their social role (Radin & Harold-Goldsmith, 1989). There are also effects of father absence on educational achievement and intellectual development among children ranging from age six to eleven. Children who have a father that plays an active role in their schoolwork and extracurricular activities are more likely to excel as an individual (Svanum & Mclaughlin, 1982). Another study was on the effects of paternal involvement on infant preferences for mothers and fathers. Results showed that paternal involvement had no effec! t on preferences displayed by measures of attachment behavior (Lamb, Frodi A., Frodi M., &Hwang, 1983). The observed social behavior of children and parents from stepfather families was also taken into father, children, child, frodi, 1982, families, involvement, role, santrock, paternal, meadows, lindbergh, fathers, development, behavior, warshak, hwang, 1983, parents, lamb, svanum, mclaughlin, bringle, 1989, radin, harold-goldsmith, absence, effects, study, stepfather, social, infants, family, differences, white, two, time, status, observed, mothers, love, home, found, both, age, showed, scores, sample, revealed