Wellbeing and Mental Health Leader
Trish Lloyd
FREE Term 3 Parenting Programs - Anglicare
When dads spend quality time with their kids, whether it's through play or shared activities, it significantly enhances their children's growth, development and social-emotional skills.
It's important to note that a father's influence isn't about being more important than a mother's, but rather providing a unique and essential contribution as part of a team.
Fathers have a distinctive impact on their children's cognitive development, social skills, mental health and academic achievements.
Quick Facts
1. When fathers use more words with their children during play, children have more advanced language skills a year later. This is especially important because language skills are correlated with academic success.
2. Children with supportive and sensitive fathers during early childhood have better language development outcomes.
3. Children who have fathers with consistently high, warm parenting styles have fewer emotional and behavioural problems later on.
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Join us next Thursday for an online Dads Group session
Join us next Thursday for our online Dads Group session for this month where we will be discussing fostering open conversations with your children.
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Podcast: Parental involvement in early childhood
Just released - We speak with Prof Karen Thorpe and Dr Laetitia Coles about the importance of positive parental involvement in the early years.
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The Working Families program offers a solution to workplaces to help them better support and work with their staff who have families to positively influence wellbeing and work-home balance. Speak to your workplace today about getting involved.
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