<p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Positive father involvement can:</span></p><ul><li><span style="line-height: 1.3;">act as a protective factor and promote child well-being; </span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.3;">positively impact children’s social competence, later IQ and other learning outcomes;</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.3;">decrease boys’ negative social behaviour (such as delinquency) and girls’ psychological problems in early adulthood.</span></li></ul><p><span style="line-height: 1.3;">When a father’s influence starts in early childhood, this can help with forming secure attachments, promoting social and emotional development, and influencing school readiness and success.</span></p>
<p>Every society recognizes that fathers have positive influences on their children, although these influences do vary based on the sociocultural contexts.</p>
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