Did You Know?

“Father involvement is a more important predictor than mother involvement of the likelihood of children getting high grades. For children in first through twelfth grades living in single father families, higher father involvement is associated with getting high grades and enjoying school and a lower chance of suspension or expulsion for school.”
--Source: Nord, C.W., Brimhall, D., & West J. (1997), Father’s Involvement in Schools, Washington D.C., U.S Department of Education.

“A warm but firm parenting style benefits children.”
--Source: What Do Fathers Contribute to Children’s Well-being? Child Trends, www.childtrends.org

“The beneficial effects of child support are greater when the child support agreement is reached cooperatively rather than by court order.”
--Source: Argys, L. M., Peters, H. E., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Smith, J. R. (1996) Contributions of Absent Fathers to Child Well-being: The Impact of Child Support Dollars and Father Child Contact, Materials for NICHD conference on father involvement.)

“Fathers can positively influence their children’s development by assuming a significant amount of the child care tasks. In one study, preschool children whose fathers were responsible for 40 percent or more of the family’s child care tasks had higher scores on assessments of cognitive development, had more of a sense of mastery over their environments and exhibited more empathy than those children whose fathers were less involved.”
--Source: Radin, N. (1994) “Primary Care-giving Fathers in Intact Families.” Redefining Families: Implications for Children’s Development, Gottfried, New York: Plenum.