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Bates, James S.; Wilkinson, Deanna L.; McCartan, Jason Paul; Remley, Daniel T.; Light, Mark D.; Crawford, David C.; Dellifield, Jami – Journal of Extension, 2017
Fatherhood education has the potential to affect not only fathers' nurturant behaviors but also multiple dimensions of family life. The weGrill program blends fatherhood, youth development, and nutrition education, with food grilling as the focal activity. Grounded in multiple learning theories, the program helps fathers and their adolescent…
Descriptors: Fathers, Child Rearing, Parent Education, Parent Child Relationship
MDRC, 2013
Policymakers need to decide how to invest in strengthening the most basic foundation for early childhood development: family relationships. The challenges: (1) help parents provide the responsive and stimulating environments that will prepare young children for school; and (2) support fathers' engagement with their children regardless of whether…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Fathers, Parent Education, Family Relationship
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Gilligan, Philip; Manby, Martin – Pastoral Care in Education, 2011
Nine Children's Services Department Pyramid for Parents courses were attended by a total of 68 parents whose children attend primary schools in North Town. The evaluation gave particular emphasis to the views of 45 mothers and 13 fathers who contributed to semi-structured discussions about what they hoped to gain from participation and whether and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Education
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Hohmann-Marriott, Bryndl – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Children can benefit from involved fathers and cooperative parents, a benefit which may be particularly important to the growing population of children born to unmarried parents. This study observes father involvement and coparenting in 5,407 married and unmarried cohabiting couples with a 2-year-old child in the Early Childhood Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Fathers, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence