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Mom and Dad are Different:
The Role
of Fathers
M
others and fathers care for their children in very unique
ways. Children can recognize the differences between their
mother’s and father’s care, which actually enhances their
development. This article focuses on the critical role fathers play in a
child’s development.
Newborns can differentiate between Mom’s voice and touch and
Dad’s voice and touch. Although moms may get a head start on the
bonding process with the baby, dads have their chance, too. By six
weeks old an infant can distinguish a father’s voice from a mother’s,
and while a quiet baby may pay more attention to Mom’s voice, an
upset baby will calm more readily to his/her father’s handling. Mothers
usually are very consistent in the way they handle their children, often
picking them up in the same manner, saying the same thing before
they handle them, for example, at bath or bedtime. A dad rarely
approaches the baby with such consistency. Each time he picks up the
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