Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you had a great week and you got to see all your family. This week went by fast. I only had one class of family relations so this week it would be a little bit different. I had the opportunity to choose an article to which I will add the link at the end of my blog. We are going to discuss a little bit more about fatherhood. This topic gets me excited but at the same time, it is a sensitive topic due to many family dynamics that each of us can have according to our experiences. As always, I ask that you can be respectful on the topic and of everyone's opinions. Agree to disagree can lead us to amazing things and to learn from each other.
I read this article that is called "Why Fatherhood Engagement Matters." It mentions different reasons why it is important or to a certain extent critical for a child to grow up with a present father. The article talks about how having a father as children are developing can be involved in positive health outcomes in infants and it gives some examples such as having a normal weight for their age, improving breastfeeding rates, etc. There are five things that the article mentions that I think are important to share with all of you. Firstly, I would like to define what a father will mean in this context. An engaged father would be more likely what would be ideal when we refer to fatherhood. An engaged father is that one who not only is the biological father of the child but also gets involved in the child matters and feels responsible for him not only physically but also emotionally to help him to succeed and guide him in life.
Some of the things that really got my attention about the importance of fathers in their children's lives such as how the presence of an engaged father can help to improve later relationships the children can encounter in their life. Some of the reasoning behind this given in the article was that the involvement of a father in a child's lives according to a research is correlated with the children having higher levels of sociability, confidence in themselves, and self-control. Another advantage of the presence of a father is that children have better chances to succeed. The article explains that the way the father involves not only in their children's lives but also in his classes and how they perform at school helps the children to feel cared for and to participate more in extracurricular activities as well as enjoy more school.
As I was reading this article, I read how fathers also bring general happiness and a positive outlook in the child's life and better stress management. Part of this belongs to the fact that children learn a lot from their parent's example and learn how to react to different situations in their life from watching their parents. Usually, when fathers are emotionally invested in their relationship it helps the child to develop appropriate emotional reactions. All of these advantages to having a dad in the home I can easily recognize as I have interacted with many people who grew up with their parents how it has had a positive impact on them. Whereas in my experience, I grew up with having my dad most of the time away from home. Although, I did talk to him almost every day and that helped me to keep a closer relationship with him. Having a father at home can have so many positive benefits for children in the long run. I believe mom and dad play very important roles in children's life.
Thank you for reading it all if you got here. I will leave the link to the article below. I hope you have a great week!
Nahomy S.
Article:
https://www.all4kids.org/news/blog/why-fatherhood-engagement-matters/
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