What Role Do Fathers Play In Children's Development

Consider the evidence that fathers are important in their children’ s development (Lifespan development)

Parents are important in the development of their children. They play an crucial role by imparting necessary values, attitudes, as well as behaviours that in turn influence their children‘s physical, emotional as well as social development. Fathers and mothers are uniquely different hence they usually have different parenting roles which when combined help children develop successfully. Due to this reason children need a father and a mother in order to develop successful skills to help them build successful good social relations , behave responsibly, acquire confidence skills to succeed at school and be stable emotionally , physically and psychologically .This essay will discuss how fathers are important in their children’s development. Considerations will include knowledge and understanding of the psychodynamic theories according to Sigmund Freud, Talcott Parsons who dwells on the family structure, and Bowlby’s attachment theory. Most of the theory on the role of the

In a family a father usually plays a different role from that of a mother in parenting. In most of child development studies, so much emphasis is placed on attachment between child and mother, and the role fathers play has always been ignored (Fitzgerald and Montanez, 2001).They state that the reason behind ignoring the role of the father in literature has been due to the fact that it was evaluated by theories originally intended to study the role of the mother. In recent years we have heard of the new father, who spends time with his children, shows a real interest on them, and shares the day to day chores of bringing them up. However in actual fact raising children remains largely the mother’s domain (Golombock,