WEAKNESSES

• WEAKNESSES OF ROLE OF THE FATHER THEORY?

  • counter research
  • fails to consider
• WHAT CARRIED OUT RESEARCH GOES AGAINST THE ROLE OF THE FATHER THEORY?

  • Grossman
  • Biblarz and Stacey
• WHAT DID GROSSMAN'S RESEARCH SUGGEST?

  father plays role in play and stimulation but not necessarily attachment
• WHAT DID GROSSMAN DISCOVER ABOUT ATTACHMENT QUALITY?

  attachment quality with father was less influential in adolescence than quality with mother
• WHAT DID GROSSMAN DISCOVER ABOUT QUALITY OF PLAY?

  father's quality of play with infants did determine later relationship
• WHAT DOES GROSSMAN'S RESEARCH SUGGEST ABOUT FATHERS?

  fill quantitatively different role from mother but still just as crucial
• WHAT DID BIBLARZ AND STACEY SUGGEST ROLE OF FATHER THEORY FAILS TO CONSIDER?

  same sex parents
• WHAT DID BIBLARZ AND STACEY DISCOVER?

  emotional and social development is equal in infants with gay or straight parents
• WHAT DID BIBLARZ AND STACEY'S DISCOVER ABOUT EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUGGEST?

  not sex of parent that determines attachment development but quality of stimulation and care

  -> therefore there is no specific role a father should play
• ANOTHER POINT ABOUT BIBLARZ AND STACEY'S RESEARCH?

  much earlier research excludes same sex families, therefore it lacks temporal validity