10 months of doing this and you have a whole new responsible father. (freedatingamerica.com)
Despite the enormous benefits of responsible father / father - figure involvement, far too many children still do not get the proven benefits of having a caring dad / adult male in their lives. (thefatherhoodproject.org)
We have concluded that children need at least one responsible, caretaking adult who has a positive emotional connection to them and with whom they have a consistent relationship... we do not believe that the data support the conclusion that fathers are essential to child well - being... [or] that heterosexual marriage is the social context in which responsible fathering is most likely to occur.» (thelizlibrary.org)