To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In 2023, local nonprofit Families Matter Inc. piloted a new ...

The movement in this country to treat fathers as equal participants in the parental team is not new. Yet our culture continually projects the view of fathers as secondary or peripheral parents. The ...

Researchers have long-known that abused children are at higher risk of adolescent drug use. But a new study shows that quality time with a father figure serves as a “protective factor,” helping to ...

I am a 39-year-old married woman with a child, and when my toilet wouldn’t stop flushing recently, I immediately called my dad. A lot is written about the role of fathers (I’m up to two novels and ...

Celebrating and supporting fathers in their roles is essential for fostering strong family bonds and healthy child development. I am thrilled when I have the opportunity to meet, support, and assist ...

We would not be here without our fathers. Although fatherly involvement varies individually, it’s important to take a step back and recognize the impact that our dads have had on us. It’s also ...

Objective: To examine sources of theoretical variation in youth and caregiver perceptions of nonresident father involvement. Background: Relationship complexity and environmental factors can result in ...

Father involvement in parenting often plays a large role in childhood outcomes, research has shown. A local nonprofit aims to help Camden dads understand how important they are to their children.

Teenage boys don’t only hear lessons from their fathers, they see them. From how dads handle frustration to what they expect of work and relationships, fathers act as live models whose behaviour, ...

Fathers matter but “being a father” is not a one uniform role. Across cultures and family forms, the way that the fathers interact with their children contributes to emotional security, behaviour, ...