Role of the father AO3

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  • Role of the father AO3
    • Limitation: researchers interested in different research questions
      • Some psychologists want to understand role of fathers as secondary attachment figures, others primary
        • Former: fathers behave differently from mothers and having a distinct role. Latter: father take on a 'maternal' role
          • Limitation as it is more difficult to easily answer the question of what the role of the father exactly is
    • Limitation: evidence undermines idea of fathers having distinct roles
      • Grossman (2002): fathers as secondary attachment figures had important and distinct role in child's development: play and stim
        • Other studies (McCallum & Golombok 2004): children growing up in single/same-sex parent families don't develop differently from those in two-parent families
          • Suggests father's role as a secondary attachment figure is not important
  • Economic implications
    • Mothers feel pressured to stay at home because of research suggesting that mothers are vital for healthy emotional development
      • Families with working mothers taking maternity leave may economically struggle, as well as society in general.
        • Resarch into the ROTF suggests fathers can take the role of a caregiver - this could effect the timeframe in which a mother returns to work after giving birth
    • Role of the father AO3
      • Limitation: researchers interested in different research questions
        • Some psychologists want to understand role of fathers as secondary attachment figures, others primary
          • Former: fathers behave differently from mothers and having a distinct role. Latter: father take on a 'maternal' role
            • Limitation as it is more difficult to easily answer the question of what the role of the father exactly is
      • Limitation: evidence undermines idea of fathers having distinct roles
        • Grossman (2002): fathers as secondary attachment figures had important and distinct role in child's development: play and stim
          • Other studies (McCallum & Golombok 2004): children growing up in single/same-sex parent families don't develop differently from those in two-parent families
            • Suggests father's role as a secondary attachment figure is not important

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