Role of the father

2. who does a strong attachment with the father help? it improves their stress levels and relationship with children (benefit)
7. secure attachments with fathers can lead to good peer attachment and better what? (benefit)
10. psychologist, high martial intimacy= good relationship with children
12. children who grow up with out a father have higher levels of what? and also do less well in school (benefit)
13. support given to partner
14. psychologist, fathers play interactions are more exciting and pleasurable than mothers, mothers are more nurturing hence why they are seen as playmates not caregivers

1. ......and.........., single parent research, similar relationship to that of their own parents
3. who has a long way to catch up? eg airlines allow females to sit next to unrelated children but does not allow males to do this (drawback)
4. single parent fathers are likely to have a similar attachment with their children to the one they had with their parents
5. showing sensitivity to children's needs
6. psychologist, fathers are seen as playmates due to interacting with them whilst in a positive mental state
8. what are fathers normally seen as?
9. degree of intimacy a father has with his partner
11. ..... et al, high supportive co-parenting=secure attachment