Playtime with Dad May Improve Children's Self-Control

Playtime with Dad May Improve Children’s Self-Control

6th July, 2020

10 July2020, Behavior, Newsletter, School Psych, Social Work

[Source: Science Daily]

Children whose fathers make time to play with them from a very young age may find it easier to control their behavior and emotions as they grow up, research suggests.

The study, by academics at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and the LEGO Foundation, pulled together fragmentary evidence from the past 40 years to understand more about how fathers play with their children when they are very young (ages 0 to 3). The researchers wanted to find out whether father-child play differs from the way children play with their mothers, and its impact on children’s development.

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