Resident Fathers and Child Development: Middle Childhood (7-10).

This fact sheet includes information and research findings on the child development of children who are ages 7 through 10 years and reside with their fathers. Research results are shared on father engagement; father supportiveness; father responsibility; and father warmth, sensitivity, and closeness and their impact on academic achievement, socioemotional development, and externalizing behaviors of the children. References are provided for the data cited.