Why do fathers matter? Recent conceptual and theoretical advances regarding father–child
relationships have demonstrated that fathers affect children's outcomes both directly and …

Fathers are more than social accidents. Research has demonstrated that fathers matter to
children's development. Despite noted progress, challenges remain on how best to …

Researchers began studying the impact of fathers on child development approximately 70
years ago. Since then, studies of fathers' influence and experience with children have …

This volume attests to the substantial evidence for the effects of fathers on children's
development. A historical, traditional view of parenting, including fathering, is to emphasize …

After decades of focusing on the mother's role in parenting, family studies researchers have
turned their attention to the role of the father in parenting and family development. The …

Throughout the 1990s, scholars interested in fatherhood have generated a voluminous, rich,
and diverse body of work. We selectively review this literature with an eye toward prominent …

Over the last few decades fathers have become an increasing presence in research, yet
research on fathers still lags behind that on mothers. In fact, most research on parents still …

Understanding how fathers infl uence children requires a consideration of both the
immediate context of the family and the contexts in which the family lives. This chapter …

We expand our 2007 heuristic model of father involvement using recent research on the
dynamic and reciprocal processes by which fathers influence children's development over …

The twentieth century has been characterized by four important social trends that have
fundamentally changed the social cultural context in which children develop: women's …