Dads Makes a Measurable Difference
Here’s a late entry for your Father’s Day musing. It’s a fascinating, encouraging article from Reader’s Digest on why dads involved in raising their kids make such a big impact on their development.
“Children’s social, physical, and intellectual development benefit greatly from the involvement of fathers,” says Kyle Pruett, MD, professor of child psychiatry at Yale and author of Fatherneed. The intellectual gains are measurable as early as the first year of life, and they continue to show up through high school, especially when dads, together with moms, are actively involved in school and learning. According to the experts, fathers create this intelligence advantage, as well as many others, in three important ways: in how they play, interact in everyday situations, and teach.
Read the whole thing, if you get a minute. And let’s keep praying that God will turn the hearts of dads toward their kids—and toward the Father in heaven who still loves them so deeply.
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