Research has found that children do better at primary school if their fathers regularly spend time with them on interactive engagement activities like reading, playing, telling stories, drawing and singing. ____1____ primary school test scores for five- and seven-year-olds, the researchers used a ____2____ sample of nearly 5,000 mother-father households — which ____3____ data on children born 2000-2002 as they grew up.
Dr Helen Norman, who led the research, said: “Mothers still tend to ____4____ the primary carer role and therefore ____5____ to do the most childcare, but if fathers actively ____6____ childcare too, it significantly increases the ____7____ of children getting better grades in primary school. This is why ____8____ and supporting fathers to share childcare with the mother, from an early stage in the child’s life, is ____9____.”
Dads’ involvement impacted ____10____ on their children’s school achievement ____11____ the child’s gender, age, the school year and household income, according to the report.
The researchers recommend that dads ____12____ as much time as they can to engage in ____13____ activities with their children each week. For busy, working dads, even just ten minutes a day could potentially have ____14____ benefits. They also ____15____ that schools and early years education providers ____16____ take both parents’ contact details (where possible) and develop strategies to engage fathers.
Dr Jeremy Davies, who co-authored the report, said: “Our ____17____ has shown that fathers have an important, direct ____18____ on their children’s learning. We should be recognizing this and actively finding ways to ____19____ dads to play their part, rather than engaging only with mothers, or taking a gender-neutral ____20____.”
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