Mothers of children with ASD scored
higher than fathers, while no gender differences were found in the group of parents of typically developing children.
Only two of the five effect sizes regarding PSS: NICU subscales indicated that mothers scored slightly
higher than fathers, with negligible to small effect sizes.
Finally, results evidenced significant effects for adolescents» and parental gender on achievement - oriented psychological control, with mothers rated
higher than fathers by males and fathers rated higher than mothers by females.
Not exact matches
As the researchers say: «
fathers who take more time - off early in their child's life will have a
higher likelihood of being a hands - on caregiver
than fathers who do not.»
Cashin, a 50 - year Wall Street veteran, drew more laughs from the audience in his first five minutes
than all the other speakers combined, recalling how he got his start after his
father died when he was a
high school senior.
The chances that your spirit for want of a better word will live on, is more likely going to be your the form of energy either in another dimension or with another life form from a distant planet who by most accounts from so many writings and drawings all across our earth has a
higher probablity
than some guy named jesus or his never caring ignorant
father or a holly ghost (remember when that was the real name).
Nationally syndicated columnist Dan Savage may be better known for his very public critiques of Catholic leaders
than for the year he spent in a
high school seminary, or for his Catholic deacon
father, or for the baptism he and his husband sought for their son.
Irenaeus championed this understanding explicitly: «The
Father of all» [47] is no less
than «He who is impassible» (Against Heresies, 2.12.1).30 For Clement of Alexandria, this is true both for the nature of God (Stromata, 2.16) and for the
highest achievable good of those who would truly embody the divine image: «Endurance also itself forces its way to the divine likeness, reaping as its fruit impassibility» (2.20).
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high; Being made so much better
than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name
than they.
As the whole story suggests, Abraham, newly a
father of the promised - son - of - the - covenant and newly the founder of a new nation, understood that the true
father and true founder must devote his offspring and his people to something
higher than offspring and peoplehood, even at the cost of losing them.
Hebrews 1:1 KJV God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high; 4 Being made so much better
than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name
than they.
It thus appears that even those, such as
Father Nugent, who have reason to accentuate the prevalence of homosexuality allow that the ratio of homosexuality in the priesthood is not that much
higher than in the general population.
All such formulations implicitly elevate God the
Father (or the underlying divine substance) to a
higher ultimacy
than the other members of the Trinity, and then treat this element as really God.
Jesus saying, «He who loves
father or mother more
than me is not worthy of me» (Matthew 10: 37) may suggest that human loves are not destroyed but transcended in the
higher loyalty.
I share
Father Berrigan's repugnance toward those in
high intellectual and religious places who apologize for or ignore gross historical evil, and I have insisted that Auschwitz bears a commandment to Jews also not to destroy their fellow human beings, that the necessity for Jewish survival, illuminated and commanded by the Holocaust, can not justify the principle that it is better to do
than to suffer injustice — that this goes completely counter to the spirit and teaching of the Jewish religio - ethical tradition.
Is it unfair to her that she has the greater privilege and that as a good mother she will stand
higher, at least in her children's estimation,
than a good
father?
We probably know more about Colin's
high school years at Pitman of Turlock
than Brady or Rodgers because his
father, Rick, sent in e-mailed updates about his son and we traded e-mails several times.
Experts are saying older men shouldn't worry about their
higher risk of
fathering a child with bipolar disorder (men 45 + are 25x more likely
than a man in his 20s to
father a child with bipolar disorder) because it's such a rare disease but recent studies show it's not rare at all and affects 4 - 5 % of the population.
Davis et al (2006) found
fathers working non-standard shifts knowing significantly less about their teens» daily activities
than fathers with daytime shifts; and
fathers» non-standard shift working, when combined with
high parental conflict, correlated with less
father - teen intimacy.
The latest is Noonan Syndrome which men middle aged and older are at a
high risk for
fathering a child with because it has no other cause
than «old man» sperm.
A recent analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) found that, in
fathers, a
higher parenting self - efficacy score was related to lower work - family strain; and a key mechanism by which
fathers» work / family strain was decreased was by their doing more
than they regarded as their «fair share» of child rearing tasks.
* Preliminary results from an Oxford - based study suggest a
higher proportion of infant - directed negativity in the way depressed
fathers talk about, and to, their infants (Sethna et al, 2009) * Depressed
fathers are less likely to read, sing songs and tell stories to their babies
than other
fathers — and
than depressed mothers (Paulson et al, 2006), which may explain why
fathers» depression has a more powerful negative impact
than mothers» depression on their infants» language development in the first year.
• Although pregnancy is a period of greater stress for
fathers than the post-birth period (Huang & Warner, 2005; Condon et al, 2004), one study found
fathers» rates of depression to be
higher after the birth
than before it (Huang & Warner, 2005).
•
Fathers from lower income families tend to be both more adversely affected by the birth and to spend less time with their handicapped children than higher income and better educated fathers (for review, see Lamb & Laumann - Billings,
Fathers from lower income families tend to be both more adversely affected by the birth and to spend less time with their handicapped children
than higher income and better educated
fathers (for review, see Lamb & Laumann - Billings,
fathers (for review, see Lamb & Laumann - Billings, 1997).
Since boys at
highest risk of becoming early
fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other
than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)
• For these and other reasons, although children in mother - stepfather families tend to experience better financial support
than children in lone mother households, and their stepfathers tend to be of
higher «quality»
than their biological
fathers in terms of education, employment, psychopathology etc. (McLanahan et al, 2006) their outcomes and adjustment are not superior to children in lone mother households, although there may be cultural variations.
For example, when a
father is involved in low - level antisocial behaviour, his child will exhibit more conduct problems if s / he doesn't live with him
than if s / he does; when the
father is engaged in
high levels of antisocial behaviour, the child who lives with him will exhibit more conduct problems
than the child who lives in another household (Jaffee et al 2003, cited by Flouri 2005).
Yet the young men's distress usually goes untreated: their formal contact with psychiatric services is no
higher than that of older
fathers, whose rates of depression are much lower (Quinlivan & Condon, 2005); and they may not identify their own needs or solutions to these.
Mothers give themselves somewhat
higher ratings
than do
fathers: 73 % of mothers say they are doing an excellent or very good job as a parent, compared with 64 % of
fathers.
Colic, crying, round - the - clock wakings — is it any wonder that parents experience
high rates of depression in the first year after the birth of a child?A study of British parents in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that more
than one - third of mothers and about one - fifth of
fathers seem to have weathered depression sometime between becoming parents and their children's 12th birthday, with the most episodes occurring in the first year after birth.
My OB - GYN's reaction, while more understated
than my
father's, still expressed surprise mixed with a sort of cautious, grudging approval since this was not a
high - risk pregnancy.
Single
fathers, on average, have
higher incomes
than single mothers and are far less likely to be living at or below the poverty line — 24 % versus 43 %.
Median adjusted annual income5 for a single dad household of three is about $ 40,000 — a far cry from the $ 70,000 median among households headed by married
fathers, but much
higher than that of households headed by single mothers, where the median adjusted annual income for a three - person household is only $ 26,000.
But, if a
father passes on the «twin gene» to his daughter, then she may have a
higher chance
than normal of having fraternal twins.
Traditional
fathers (those who think their wives should do more caregiving and they actually do) and egalitarian
fathers (those who think caregiving should be divided equally and indeed do this) show markedly
higher levels of life satisfaction
than conflicted
fathers who are caught in a state of dissonance.
The children of older
fathers have much
higher risk of autism and other complications
than those of younger ones do.
By the time he was in
high school, he had traveled to more
than 30 states with his teams, and at age 16, he made the Illinois Junior Olympic baseball team, his
father said.
Longitudinal studies show that sons with involved and supportive
fathers have
higher measures of academic and social adjustment
than sons without such support.5 Daughters who have strong connections with their
fathers during adolescence become more self - reliant and academically successful.6
Even after controlling for income, youths in
father - absent households still had significantly
higher odds of incarceration
than those in mother -
father families.
Consequently, without any conscious reasoning, both mothers and
fathers naturally speak to babies in a
higher octave
than their normal conversational voices.
So if a child perceives her
father as having
higher prestige, he may be more influential in her life
than the child's mother.
Fathers across all racial groups had significantly higher earnings than men without children, yet white fathers received the highest earnings premium, followed by Latinos and African - Ame
Fathers across all racial groups had significantly
higher earnings
than men without children, yet white
fathers received the highest earnings premium, followed by Latinos and African - Ame
fathers received the
highest earnings premium, followed by Latinos and African - Americans.
Fathers utilize informal flexible work arrangements at a much
higher rate
than formal flexible work arrangements.
For instance, white and Latino
fathers with bachelor's degrees earned more
than twice as much as their counterparts with only a
high school degree.
Fathers using flexible work arrangements, whether formally or informally, have
higher job satisfaction and also
higher career satisfaction
than those that do not use flexible work arrangements.
Programs focused on low - income unmarried
fathers may be very costly when case management is a necessary component but the benefits may also be
higher than a short - term parent education program.
Job security rates as the most important job characteristic by
fathers; in fact job security and a job that allows flexible working rate
higher in importance
than good advancement opportunities and
high income.
These included
fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less
than high school,
high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.
In support of these themes, Wolfberg et al. found that breastfeeding initiation rates were
higher (74 %) when
fathers attended a two hour prenatal intervention
than in a control group (41 %)[43].
In fact, it is common for expectant
fathers to have a
higher than usual number sexual dreams during the early part of their partner's pregnancy.