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When most people think about parent-child reading activities, they likely picture a mother quietly reading to her children. Very few people would envision a reading event where fathers and children are acting like donkeys, elephants, and gorillas. That is exactly what happens, however, at a Dad and Kid Reading Night sponsored by Strong Fathers-Strong Families. Dad and Kid Reading Night encourages and teaches fathers to read to their children. The books are carefully chosen both to reflect the father child dynamic and to facilitate lively activity.
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Parent education reduces the risk of child abuse and neglect by encouraging positive parenting practices that promote safety, well-being, and permanency for children and families. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as reauthorized in 2010, identifies parent education as a core prevention service. Many of the Children’s Bureau’s Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) grants fund parent education programming as part of local community prevention efforts. Successful parent education helps parents and caregivers acquire the skills needed to build healthy families and…
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Reading is an essential activity that is linked to children’s cognitive development, academic skills, and future employment opportunities. Children often become interested in reading by watching and mimicking their parents or participating in child-parent reading routines. Although mothers have a big role to play, research shows that fathers are particularly influential for children’s language and literacy development, which means they are a promising point of intervention for efforts to improve children’s language and literacy. Reading together and engaging in other literacy activities,…
Fact Sheet, Brief
Reports the results of a longitudinal study of youth from military families and their caregivers concerning their emotional well-being and how well they are coping with servicemembers' extended deployments. (Author abstract)
Fact Sheet, Brief
This fact sheet summarizes research showing that children from military families experience above-average levels of emotional and behavioral difficulties and that longer parental deployments are associated with greater difficulties. (Author abstract) Superceded: See http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9568.html Unpublished Paper
The lack of research about Black fathers and their involvement with schools was the primary motivation for this mixed method dissertation study. This discourse provides a much-needed account of what the nature is of Black father's involvement with schools, why and how they do it, and how student performance is influenced by Black fathers' engagement with schools. Stakeholders in the education of youth, parents, administrators, teachers, and the community whose work is concerned with Black education may learn from the results and not repeat past errors of prevailing notions that portray Black…
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This compilation includes information and research findings on the child development of children who do not reside with their fathers. Fact sheets are provided that address: the cognitive, social, emotional, health, and motor development of infants and toddlers ages birth through 2; the cognitive, social, emotional development and externalizing behavior problems of children in early childhood from 2 through 6 years; the academic achievement, social development, and externalizing behavior problems of children ages 7 through 10 years; the externalizing and internalizing behavior problems,…
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of children who are ages 7 through 10 years and do not reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father-child contact, father engagement, and father financial support and their impact on academic achievement, social development, and externalizing behaviors of the children. References are provided for the data cited.
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of adolescents who are ages 11 through 14 years and do not reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father-child contact, father engagement, and father financial support and their impact on externalizing and internalizing behavior problems, academic performance, and the social development of the adolescents. References are provided for the statistics cited.
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of adolescents who are ages 15 through 18 years and do not reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father-child contact, father engagement, and father financial support and their impact on externalizing and internalizing behavior problems, academic performance, and the social development of the adolescents. References are provided for the statistics cited.
