Father Involvement and Children's Early Learning: A Critical Review of Published Empirical Work from the Past 15 Years

African American Fathers' Contributions to Children's Early Academic Achievement: Evidence From Two-Parent Families From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort

“…Fathering is a dynamic, multidimensional construct that has direct links to children's health, education, and social-emotional development (Downer, Campos, McWayne, & Gartner, 2008). Early childhood research suggests that fathering may be particularly important during the first 5 years of life, when children are rapidly acquiring cognitive skills that can contribute to early school success (Lamb, 2004).…”

Paternal Support of Emergent Literacy Development: Latino Fathers and Their Children

“…Consistent with past literature (OrdoñezJasis & taylor | latino fathers and their Children Ortiz, 2006;Ortiz & OrdoñezJasis, 2005;Saracho, 2007), Latino fathers' participation in early literacy varied among individual parents. From partaking in the daytoday activities associated with childrearing to reading books at bedtime, it is clear that contrib uting to children's development is an important aspect of Latino fathering, a finding that further emphasizes the suggestions of other recent involve ment research (Capps et al, 2010;Downer et al, 2008;McWayne et al, 2008;TamisLeMonda et al, 2008). Furthermore, the results of the present study suggest that higher total involvement is correlated with higher home literacy.…”

“…Studies have shown that Latino fathers do, indeed, exhibit nurturing behaviors and partake in the daytoday activities associated with childrearing (Capps, BronteTinkew, & Horowitz, 2010;Downer, Campos, McWayne, & Gartner, 2008;Landale & Oropresa, 2001;McWayne et al, 2008;TamisLeMonda et al, 2008;Taylor & Behnke, 2005). Furthermore, researchers have found that Latino fathers spend more time in direct interac tions with their children than do their European American and AfricanAmerican counterparts (Toth & Xu, 1999).…”

Practices for Parent Participation in Early Intervention/ Early Childhood Special Education

“…EI/ECSE strategies should take into consideration that fathers' parenting skills are different than mothers' and intervention programs should reflect those differences according to the needs and characteristics of their target population. Downer, Campos, McWayne, & Gartner, (2008) stated that father involvement is associated with socioemotional and academic child outcomes. Moreover, father involvement is assumed to improve the quality and increase the quantity of infant/toddler-father interactions.…”