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Fathers’ presence linked to enhanced intellect, well-being among children (Science Daily)

Fathers who actively engage in raising their children can help make their offspring smarter and better behaved, according to new research from Concordia University.

Published in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, the long-term study examined how fathers can positively influence the development of their kids through hands-on parenting.

“Fathers make important contributions in the development of their children’s behaviour and intelligence,” says Erin Pougnet, a PhD candidate in the Concordia University Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH).

“Compared with other children with absentee dads, kids whose fathers were active parents in early and middle childhood had fewer behaviour problems and higher intellectual abilities as they grew older — even among socio-economically at-risk families.

Regardless of whether fathers lived with their children, their ability to set appropriate limits and structure their children’s behaviour positively influenced problem-solving and decreased emotional problems, such as sadness, social withdrawal and anxiety.”

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  1. kittenliberation reblogged this from psychotherapy and added:
    present, but not mothers?
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    so if my father was more involved...my life I could have been smarter?! WHAT THE FUCK IS...
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  7. ber-the-conquewor reblogged this from insieme-per-la-vittoria and added:
    My father was very much present in my early childhood. However, that soon changed. Yay for being an exception to this...
  8. insieme-per-la-vittoria reblogged this from loulagman and added:
    I grew up with my parents divorced. That would explain a LOT.
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    So….the me wanting a man who wants to be around his children thing…followed up. hahaha
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