England: A newly published report suggests that fathers can improve their children’s academic performance at school by helping them study or draw and play with them.
Research led by the University of Leeds has found that children do better in primary school if their father regularly spends time with them reading, playing, telling stories or drawing.
Analyzing the primary school test scores of 5- and 7-year-olds, the researchers used data from nearly 5,000 households in England that included data from 2000 to 2002 when the children were older.
According to research, fathers who regularly drew, played and read with their three-year-olds had a positive effect on their children’s school performance from ages 5 to 7.
Dr Helen Norman, research fellow at Leeds University Business School, who led the study, said mothers still played the primary caregiving role but children’s performance improved if fathers also took part in childcare activities. There is a significant increase in such as passing exams in primary school with good grades. This is why it is so important to encourage and support the father to share childcare with the mother from the earliest stage of the child’s life.
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