Role Of A Father In Child Development

The role of a father in bringing up a child is as important as that of the mother’s. Due to their innate ability of care-giving, and sharing the physical bond with the child even before the birth, mothers have always had an upper hand in nurturing the child. But various researches have shown that the relationship of a father with the child greatly impacts the behavior, intellect, and various courses of action of the child from birth to death.
Below are some of the reasons why a father plays a crucial role in the overall development of the child.

1. Spending Quality Time Reduces Disruptive Behavior

Studies have shown that when a father spends more quality time with the child during the first year, the child is unlikely to show any negative or disruptive behaviors during the second year.

2. Good Bonding Enhances Cognitive Competence

A positive father-child bond increases the intellectual capabilities of the child. Researches have shown that when the father interacts with the child in a way being observant of the child’s behavior and respective needs, the child is more likely to be good at curricular and extra-curricular activities. On the contrary, a negative and irresponsible interaction with the child can result in the child dropping out of the school.

3. Developing Good Rapport Improves Problem-Solving Skills

A good relationship instills better problem-solving skills in the child. The child also would not have issues adapting to a new environment or major changes in the further course of time.

4. Good Nurturing Decreases Emotional And Behavioral Issues

Children with good father are less likely to develop issues associated with depression, aggression, frustration, and low self-esteem. They also hardly adapt to substance abuse problems, like alcohol or drugs, thereby reducing the health risks greatly.

5. Treating Child Well Leads A Pathway To Future Relationships

The way the father treats the mother and the child greatly influences the future relationship patterns of the child. A girl will look for a man having the qualities similar to those of her father’s. Thus, if the father is jovial, caring, sensible, and kind, she would find a man with these qualities apt. Boys tend to imitate and inculcate their father’s behavior. Therefore, the gentle, kind, and caring behavior of a father will take his son a long way!

6. An Earliest Strong Bond Leads To More Stability Of Child

The earliest bonding that happens with the child impacts the way the child gets settled in its life. Better the bond, greater the stability, since it erases the insecurities. Children become self-sustaining and resilient.

7. Father Doing Household Chores Helps Overcome Gender Bias

With changing times, around 60% of the women work, as against the past, where women were bound to household chores. This, in most of the cases, leads to sharing of responsibilities of the household, babysitting, and finances between the father and the mother. This in turn lays a positive foundation in the child, where there is no room for gender bias.

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved Saturday December 31, 2016 as the commencement date for the training of various cadres of applicants who were adjudged successful at the recently concluded 2016 recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Police Force at designated Training Schools nationwide. Recall that the recruitment exercise was jointly conducted by the Police Service Commission (PSC), the Federal Character Commission (FCC) and the Nigeria Police Force in compliance with presidential directives. According to a statement by DCP Don Awunah, Force Public Relations Officer, “Sixteen (16) Police Training Institutions across the country have been set aside for the training exercise. “Cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police are to report at the Police Staff College Jos, while Cadet Inspectors will train at the Police College, Ikeja. “The Recruit Constables are to report at various Police Colleges and Training Schools in various sub-zones, designated for various states. “These include police training facilities in Lagos, Ibadan, Iperu, Orji River and Maiduguri among others. Police training institutions in Bauchi, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ilorin and Minna will also be used for the training exercise. Makurdi, Nonwa-Tai, Benin and Calabar make up the list of centres to be deployed for the training. “Applicants for the 2016 recruitment exercise are to check the national dailies, beginning from Saturday 24, December, 2016 for the publication of the comprehensive list of successful candidates. “Successful candidates are enjoined to report to their designated training centres along with the original copies of their certificates and credentials, as well as training kits as specified. “State governments, local governments, religious leaders, traditional rulers, community leaders, NGOs, CSOs and members of the public who have genuine and reliable objection or information to the character, conduct or personality traits of those selected should submit such objections or information in writing to the Inspector General of Police through the Commissioner of Police of the state Command of the selected candidate within three weeks of this publication.”

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