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Research: Mom's encouragement key to dad's involvement in child care
Posted on Fri, July 11th, 2008
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Mothers play an important role in determining how much fathers get involved in taking care of their infants, according to new research.
A study of 97 couples found that fathers were more involved in the day-to-day care of their infants when they received active encouragement from their wife or partner.
In fact, this encouragement was important even after taking into account fathers’ and mothers’ views about how involved dads should be, the overall quality of the couple’s parenting relationship, and how much mothers worked outside the home.
“I think it’s common sense. Research revealed something that we all knew is true,” said Peggy Liuzzi, Executive Director of Child Care Solutions.
“Sometimes it’s hard for new moms to share the parenting role, they’re so in love with the baby,” said Liuzzi. And it’s the little things that hold fathers back, said Liuzzi. Many times the mom will tell the father not to put that hat on, but put another hat on. This kind of instruction tends to make the father feel insecure or uncomfortable with their role.
“The more the mother involves the father in day to day activities such as a bath or nap time, you’re going to create a situation where the father is going to be more open to taking care of their baby,” said Liuzzi.
In addition, according to the study, fathers’ beliefs about how involved they should be in child care did not matter when mothers were highly critical of fathers’ parenting. In other words, fathers didn’t put their beliefs into practice when faced with a particularly judgmental mother.
“Mothers are in the driver’s seat,” said Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, co-author of the study and assistant professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University.
“Mothers can be very encouraging to fathers, and open the gate to their involvement in child care, or be very critical, and close the gate. This is the first real evidence that mothers, through their behavior, act as gatekeepers by either fostering or curtailing how much fathers take part in caring for their baby.”
Results appear in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Family Psychology.
“Encouragement is very important, and really makes a difference in how much fathers participate,” Schoppe-Sullivan said.
Kaitlyn poses for her babysitter who took this image of her playing outside.
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Posted on Fri, July 11th, 2008
Written by: ,
email:
Mothers play an important role in determining how much fathers get involved in taking care of their infants, according to new research.
A study of 97 couples found that fathers were more involved in the day-to-day care of their infants when they received active encouragement from their wife or partner.
In fact, this encouragement was important even after taking into account fathers’ and mothers’ views about how involved dads should be, the overall quality of the couple’s parenting relationship, and how much mothers worked outside the home.
“I think it’s common sense. Research revealed something that we all knew is true,” said Peggy Liuzzi, Executive Director of Child Care Solutions.
“Sometimes it’s hard for new moms to share the parenting role, they’re so in love with the baby,” said Liuzzi. And it’s the little things that hold fathers back, said Liuzzi. Many times the mom will tell the father not to put that hat on, but put another hat on. This kind of instruction tends to make the father feel insecure or uncomfortable with their role.
“The more the mother involves the father in day to day activities such as a bath or nap time, you’re going to create a situation where the father is going to be more open to taking care of their baby,” said Liuzzi.
In addition, according to the study, fathers’ beliefs about how involved they should be in child care did not matter when mothers were highly critical of fathers’ parenting. In other words, fathers didn’t put their beliefs into practice when faced with a particularly judgmental mother.
“Mothers are in the driver’s seat,” said Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, co-author of the study and assistant professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University.
“Mothers can be very encouraging to fathers, and open the gate to their involvement in child care, or be very critical, and close the gate. This is the first real evidence that mothers, through their behavior, act as gatekeepers by either fostering or curtailing how much fathers take part in caring for their baby.”
Results appear in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Family Psychology.
“Encouragement is very important, and really makes a difference in how much fathers participate,” Schoppe-Sullivan said.
Kaitlyn poses for her babysitter who took this image of her playing outside.
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