The Development and Significance of Father-Child Relationships in Two-Parent Families (chapter in The Role of the Father in Child Development. 5th Edition).

Fathers' responses to parenthood and to their infants, the processes by which infants become attached, and differences in the nature and impact of mother- and father-child relationships are explored. Factors that influence father-child interactions and relationships are discussed, as well as characteristics of father-child relationships and changes in the relationship from childhood to adolescence. Numerous references.