The initial research found that often, fathers start out doing a parenting programme feeling like they’re just background figures. The terrific thing is, as they learn the importance of a father’s interactions and play with their children, they become more actively involved in parenting, and spent more quality time with their kids.
But let’s come back to that question asking dads to rate the top subject they’d like to see covered in either parenting classes or some other kind of parenting programme. The number one response (85%) was “fathers’ positive influence on child development”.
Fathers can make unique and wonderful contributions to their child’s development. Although they may engage somewhat differently with parenting classes and programmes to the way mothers do, both parents can reap enormous benefits, including quite often an improved partnership with each other.