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

During recent years, fathers' involvement has been addressed as a key source of family well‐
being and positive child development. However, the pathways to father involvement and its …

Since the last decade review of the fathering literature in 2000, scholars across numerous
disciplines such as demography, family studies, medicine, nursing, law, psychology, social …

In a series of meta‐analyses, paternal sensitivity was associated with children's (age range:
7 months–9 years) overall cognitive functioning (N= 3,193; k= 23; r=. 19), including …

This systematic review aims to examine the existing literature concerning the association
between father involvement and the development children's cognitive skills during early and …

Chinese fathers, who have been understudied, traditionally were expected to act as
emotionally distant educators and disciplinarians of their children as well as heads of the …

There are clear associations between the overall quantity of input children are exposed to
and their vocabulary acquisition. However, by uncovering specific features of the input that …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

This chapter shows that fathers and families are embedded in a network of biological and
neurological systems, and the biological basis of fathering. There are overall differences in …

The practice of parent and child sharing a sleeping surface, or 'bed-sharing', is one of the
most controversial topics in parenting research. The lay literature has popularized and …