Description
The traditional father, who left the responsibility of childrearing almost entirely up to his wife, is being replaced by a new generation of fathers actively involved in the care of their children while their wives work or after a divorce.
New research has shown that by the age of eighteen months many children are more attached to their father than to anyone else - including their mother - because fathers tend to be more playful and stimulating; that little girls who enjoy good relationships with their fathers are more at ease with strangers and more socially assured; that sons of absentee fathers show a higher incidence of teenage delinquency; that sons fare better in the care of their fathers after divorce.
This is a timely assessment of the vital role that fathers play in their children's development from infancy to adolescence.
