Did You Know?

“In a sample of 455 adolescents, ages 14-19, “students who have higher self esteem and lower depression reported having greater intimacy with their fathers.”
--Source: Field, Tiffany et al. “Adolescents Intimacy with Parents and Friends” Adolescence, Spring 1995

“Premature infants whose fathers spent more time playing with them had better cognitive outcomes at age 3”
--Source: Yogman, M.W., D. Kinlon and F.J. Earls “Father Involvement and Cognitive Behavioral Outcomes of Premature Infants” Journal of American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychology, 1995.

“In a study of 254 African-American male adolescents, boys living with both biological parents were most likely to cite their fathers as role models (96%) compared to only 44% of those not living with their fathers and were more likely to stay in school.”
--Source: Zimmerman, Marc A. “African American Male Teen’s Relationship with their Father” Child Development, Dec. 1995

“In a survey of 98 female and 88 male students in grades 6-8, researchers found that “self image was dependent on how loving the children’s fathers were towards their wives.”
--Source: Parish, Thomas S. and James R. Neceassary “Parents Actions: Are they Related to Children’s Self-concept, Evaluations of Parents and to Each Other?” Adolescence, Winter 1994.