Author: Child Development Center

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Prepared Fall 2006 by Graduate Students of
Josh Thompson PhD
Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Texas A&M University - Commerce
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson
903.468.8627

"Diligent Dads Direct Their Children's Destiny"........ Where do you fit in?

“Empowering Fathers
to Empower children”.

Ways to be Involved

At Home
Read to your children, and serve as a role model by reading around your children.
Play or coach a sport you like with your child.
Take time for family outings.
Make the most of bedtime. There are fewer distractions and it is a good time to connect with children.
Take time everyday to focus attention on your child, ask open-ended questions about their day.
Let your child know you are interested in their lives. Take the time to get to know them.
At School
Take your child to and pick up from school.
Help your child with their homework.
Attend parent teacher conferences and school class events.
Find out who your child’s teachers are and maintain contact.
Volunteer your time at your child’s school.
Show an interest in what your child does at school.

Benefits to Child
Enhance social skills
More well adjusted
More confident and less anxious in unfamiliar situation
Higher self-esteem
Respects self and others more
Children have higher verbal skills
Lower rates of teen violence
Daughters have an increased competence in math
Decreases rate and number of juvenile delinquents
Fewer mental health problems as an adult
Better able to gain a sense of independence
More sociable
Higher grade point averages
More likely to become a compassionate adult.

Children are more likely to have poor social skills
More likely to act impulsively
More likely to fail a course or grade
More likely to drop out of school
More likely to end up a juvenile delinquent
More likely to have low self esteem
Daughters are more likely to “settle” for a male companion
More fearful of new situations
More likely to have mental health problems as an adult

Consequences of a father that is not involved…

Involved Fathers recognize that they play a vital role in the life of their child. It is critical that, from the time a child is born, the father take an active role in his or her life. Research confirms that an involved father has an enormous impact on determining the success of a child.