

Warren Farrell - The Absolute Necessity of Fathers
12 snips May 13, 2018
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Father Involvement Predicts Success
- Children with involved fathers demonstrate much better outcomes in many areas beyond socio-economic factors.
- Father involvement predicts success as powerfully as good neighborhood and school quality.
Rough Play Develops Social Skills
- Rough and tumble play helps children learn to distinguish assertiveness from aggression and fosters embodied trust.
- This playful interaction is crucial for social and cognitive development and creates strong bonds between fathers and children.
Play Bonds Teach Delayed Gratification
- Fathers use rough and tumble play as a reward system to teach delayed gratification.
- This helps children focus on long-term goals by associating discipline with positive bonding time.