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A Flexible Style Can Prevent Children's Obesityhot!
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06.07.2006
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When you break parents into four groups, you find that three types of parents are more likely to end up with obese children than the fourth type. The researchers, from the Boston University School of Medicine, broke parents into the following types; strict, permissive, neglectful, and flexible (also called authoritative). Strict parents were actually almost five times more likely to have obese children than flexible parents, while permissive and neglectful parents were more than twice as likely as flexible parents to have obese children. In addition, different studies have shown that this flexible or authoritative style of parenting also contributes to higher school achievement and lower incidence of depression in their children.
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Daddy's Little Girl and Preventing Teen Pregnancyhot!
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06.07.2006
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The research on the importance of fathers grows every day; the role we play in helping our children develop social skills, better test grades, and future career success. But I want to take a moment to talk about the special impact fathers have on their daughters, their little girls.
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Don't Believe the Hype! Good Fathers Make the Differencehot!
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12.07.2006
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It is a myth. Don’t believe it. Don’t buy into it, fellow fathers. It is just not true. Mothers are not, by nature, better parents than fathers. In fact, good fathers are just as important as good mothers to the well-being of their children and in some areas have a greater impact on their children than mothers do. This is not to say, of course, mothers don’t contribute an enormous amount to the health and welfare of their children. However, the myth that fathers are only assistants to mothers, that they fill in when Mommy is not around needs to be contradicted in ways that both mothers and fathers understand. Stronger, more involved fathers can only help mothers be stronger as well. It is an issue important to all of us parents – regardless of our gender.
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Education Can Break Damaging Father Stereotypeshot!
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21.07.2006
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Probably the most damaging aspect of father stereotypes that depict them as bumbling or unnecessary is that it reinforces itself. Fathers do have a tremendous impact on their children. But these stereotypes, societal expectations, often make fathers feel like what they are doing is not as important as what the mother does. If fathers think what they do is not as important as mothers, then they won’t try as hard, make as much of an effort, or be present as much as they can for their children. This, of course, leads them to being distant and unfamiliar with the caretaking responsibilities of their children, reinforcing these terrible stereotypes. A crucial way of getting fathers more involved is to help them understand how important they are as a parent to their children and to provide them with concrete steps they can do to improve as a parent.
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Father Knows Compassion? You bet!hot!
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06.07.2006
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Many parents want to have compassionate children, kids who have the ability to care for others, to listen to other people and help them feel better. We teach them about manners, we teach them how to share. We model how to be good people, how to care for others. But it might amaze you to learn that a study spanning 26 years has found that the single most important factor in developing empathy in children is the involvement of their father.
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Fathers Are Not Like Mothers...But Together They Make A Great Teamhot!
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28.07.2006
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There have been many studies that have examined the difference in parenting styles between mothers and fathers. The fact is mothers and fathers tend to have more similarities than differences when it comes to parenting their children. While that is important to note, it is also interesting to explore the differences between mothers and fathers to see how the combination of parenting styles really gives children an advantage.
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Have You Loved Your Child Enough Today?hot!
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17.08.2006
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One of the issues I frequently see with fathers and their children is the difference between knowing and showing. My kids know I love them, fathers often tell me, I don’t need to tell them or show them all the time. What these fathers fail to understand is it doesn’t matter whether fathers know they love their children, it matters immensely however, if their children perceive feeling loved by their father.
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Hey Dads...You Matter! eBookhot!
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04.12.2006
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The entire Hey Dads...You Matter! collection in one eBook.
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How We Deal With Fights With Our Partners Can Hurt Our Childrenhot!
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04.12.2006
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Parents are the core. Their relationship is vital to the success and health of everyone in the family – especially the children. Too often parents get so caught up in their parental roles that they neglect their roles as ignificant partners, neglecting the relationship that inspired their family. There has been enormous research on he effects of divorce on children – both short and long term – but what about the impact on our children when arents are experiencing conflict with each other? How does that affect our children? Interestingly enough, when
fathers are affected by parental conflict the effect on their children is pretty significant.
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Working Dads Can Build A Bond, Toohot!
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19.10.2006
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In the late 1990s there was an interesting study on stay at home dads (SAHD). They compared SAHM with SAHD to see if there were any differences in the way they handled everything. In short, they found, obviously, that SAHD are different than SAHM.
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JGS Updates
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 Lisa Belkin, NY Times columnist and host of Life's Work, interviews Jeremy for the Thursday, December 7th show on XM Radio (XM 155) |
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 The Arizona Republic interviewed Jeremy for an article called Lessons on Fatherhood, Lessons on Life. To read the entire piece, click here.
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