He does not, however, minimize the mother's role; Pruett believes that fathers bring different assets to childrearing than mothers and feels that the mother's relationship with her children is improved by
the active role of the father.
Not exact matches
Science Daily reports:
Active father figures have a key
role to play in reducing behaviour problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to a review published in the February issue
of Acta Paediatrica.
What's happening, the authors suggest, is that as the gay
fathers take on the
role of independent, hands - on caregivers, their brains change as a result — the «mentalising» circuit connects with and stimulates the «emotional» circuit more commonly found to be
active in mothers.
Father's Day gives your children the opportunity to honor all of the men in their lives, from biological fathers to father - figures — like grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and even friends and neighbors who play an active role in their
Father's Day gives your children the opportunity to honor all
of the men in their lives, from biological
fathers to
father - figures — like grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and even friends and neighbors who play an active role in their
father - figures — like grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and even friends and neighbors who play an
active role in their lives.
The boys2MEN project at Coram Family and Adfam are looking for
fathers to register to be part
of a working group to explore ways
of assisting
fathers to take a more
active role in drug prevention.
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fathers / male cares play a more
active role in particular aspects
of their child's life e.g. in their religious and cultural upbringing?
There is a wealth
of studies, articles, and reports about why boys need to have their
fathers in their lives, but seldom do we see information that reflects the significant
role an
active father plays in shaping, developing, encouraging, and building confidence in their daughter (s).
This article is straight out
of 1950 — incredibly offensive to
fathers such as me who take great pride in the
active parenting
role they have taken from the moment
of birth on.
Children
of fathers who play an
active role in their care have fewer discipline problems, more confidence, and a greater ability to handle stress.
He believed that
fathers should be loved and revered more than mothers due to their
active role in their creation and support, rather than the passive
role of the mother.
Fathers who become aware
of their
role in parenting early on become more
active in their actions.
Because we know very little about
fathers reading to their children, but I think in this day and age
fathers are taking more
of a responsibility, more
of an
active role in children's development.
«Portland played a formative
role in my
father's youth, and we are eager to share these works with the public and give Rothko a more
active role in the vibrant cultural life
of this city,» says Christopher Rothko, Mark Rothko's son.
His
father, Warren McCollum, the son
of an actress in New York and a child actor himself, performed a number
of small parts on the Broadway stage, and a few small
roles in movies in the late 1930s and early 1940s, including the
role of «Jimmy Lane» in the 1938 cult classic, Reefer Madness; he remained
active in local theater groups throughout much
of his life, while working as a security guard at a local research corporation.
While it is still only women who bear children, increasingly the support
of those children is becoming a shared responsibility where
fathers want and are expected to take a more
active role.
A randomised controlled trial
of a version
of Group Triple P for
fathers in New Zealand has shown that when men are treated as
active participants in the parenting process, rather than being assumed to be there to play a supporting
role, men are just as likely as their partner to actively participate in group sessions.
Their Fatherhood Initiative engages non-custodial
fathers in building parenting skills so they can play an
active and engaged
role in the upbringing
of their children.
While there are
fathers who do not maintain their connection and investment in their children's lives, as Prof. Weldon discusses, there are many
fathers who wish for, and fight for, more time with their children, and fight to have an equal and
active parenting
role in the post-divorce lives
of their children.
Although, no findings were made by the court in connection with the evidence
of Dr. Cyr, his conclusions were summa - rized in his report as follows: «It is our finding that both daughters have been alienated to their
father, the oldest more strongly and that both parents played an
active role in this endeavour.
Also, the number
of mothers working full time has increased in recent decades, and this has also led to
fathers having a more
active role.
Roger's own marriage
of more than thirty - five years and his
active, equal
role as a
father has provided tremendous insights into the conflicts and rewards in intimate relationships.