Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
2/18/02
Contacts:
Kristi Cooper, Iowa State University Extension family life field specialist,
(319) 377-9839, kcoop@iastate.edu
Barb Abbott, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-4843,
babbott@iastate.edu
Dads -- Do Things with Your Kids
AMES, Iowa -- "Kids and dads learn more about each other when they do things together," says Kristi Cooper, family life field specialist, Iowa State University Extension. "Children benefit when fathers teach skills, model values and keep lines of communication open while talking, working and playing with their children."
According to a 2000 Iowa survey of 200 children ages 3-19, kids said their favorite things to do with dad or grandpa were fishing, riding things together (bicycles, motorcycles, cars, horses, etc), fixing things and playing sports.
Learn more about what dads and kids can do together from the "Me
& My Dad" Web site www.extension.iastate.edu/dads/know.html.
Cooper says this month's featured father on the Web site, ISU President
Gregory Geoffroy, continues to stay connected to his four adult children
by planning active outings with them.
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