Why are fathers important in raising good children?
Fathers are important because Fathers have a powerful influence on the healthy development of their daughters and their sons. Babies can distinguish their father’s voice from the voice of a stranger by the age of four weeks. School-aged children show significant gains in intellectual development when their fathers are involved with them as infants. Involved fathers enrich their daughter’s and son’s self image. Children who have involved fathers show more sense of humor, longer attention spans, and more eagerness for learning. Father involvement helps teens to develop a strong sense of who they are and increases their ability to resist peer pressure. Dads are role models who teach their children to be strong, flexible adults. Fathers teach sex roles: they are generally more physically active with their sons and more protective of their daughters. Fathers often think “out of the box” and offer alternative strategies for problem solving. Dads tend to offer more physical play than mothers,
