Improvements in assessing father-child interactions over the last decades have contributed
substantially to the empirical evidence about the role of fathers in children's development …

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 …

Guided by developmental ecological systems theory, the studies in this issue emphasize the
immediate context of father–child relationships, the microsystem, including relationships …

The current study explored whether fathers and mothers from 195 two‐parent US families
engaged in a form of activation parenting (ie, sensitivity, cognitive stimulation, and moderate …

Numerous scholars have called for increased attention to, and sophistication in,
understanding the family roles of fathers and their influence on children's development. The …

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 …

Freud's experiences, lead, the have complex emphasized ways in the which crucial
children's importance experiences, of early memories, and fantasies have enduring …

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 …

Fathers have finally become more than bit players in research on parenting. In the past,
studies tended to focus exclusively on mothers, or included fathers' education, absence, or …