AO3

    Cards (3)

    • Advice to parents
      • Parental anxiety of the “roles” of mother and father is reduced and parenting decisions made easier
    • Primary and secondary caregivers
      • Some researchers look at the father as a secondary figure, others do as a primary
      • This means some see the father acting differently than the mother and a distinct role whereas others state the father can take on a maternal role
      • Therefore there is no agreement on the role of the father and psychologists canot easily answer the question of what the role of the father is
    • importance of knowing the fathers role
      • Grossman et al. Suggests fathers have a distinct role in children’s development (play and stimulation) however McCallum and Golombok found children without a father dont develop any differently Meaning the question of if the fathers role is important remains unanswered
      • However, because it has been found that same sex families or single parent families the children don’t develop any differently it could suggests that fathers to have a distinct role but families can learn to adapt without them