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Good Fathering
Dad’s Involvement with Young
Kids Aids Achievement
A study by the University of Illinois attests that fathers who change diapers and engage in a range of playful activi- ties with their young children stay more involved as their offspring grow older. Families also realize positive effects on the youngsters’ academic achievement and social skills, findings that are supported by earlier studies. Significantly, the researchers found that when fathers build close, loving relationships with their children in the preschool years, they’re “writing a script” that determines how connected they are, and that script will continue past early childhood. Affectionate gestures establish and continue that
involvement. “That can be as simple as a father winking at his three-year-old,” says Brent McBride, professor of human development at the university. In contrast, fathers who seek to establish a close bond when the child is older have a more difficult time because, McBride warns, “the moment has passed.”
New Newscape
Americans Want More News about
Health and Spirituality
Nine in 10 American adults now get their daily news from multiple media platforms, including the Internet, televi- sion, radio and local and national newspapers, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The Internet is at the center on how people’s relationship to news is changing; it has be- come increasingly portable, personalized and participa- tory. Today, 33 percent of cell phone owners access news on the device; 28 per- cent of Internet users have customized their home page to include news sources on topics of personal interest; and 37 percent of Internet users have contributed, commented on or disseminated news via postings on social media websites. The third most popular online news subject, following
weather and national events, is health and medicine. The top three subjects people want to receive more coverage on are scientific news and discoveries, religion and spiritual- ity, and health and medicine, closely followed by state and community news.
Source:
PewResearch.org
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