Friday, June 17, 2011

Pew Research Study: Dads Spending Much More Time With Children

Pew Research Study: Dads Spending Much More Time With Children: The percentage of American fathers who live apart from their children has doubled over the last half-century. But, to their credit, many of today's dads are spending more than twice as much time with their kids as they did back then.

The role of mothers has changed, too, according to a Pew Research Center report that examines parents and parenting as U.S. marriage rates and traditional family households fall to historic lows.

How a father provides for his family relates to the attention he devotes to his children, the study found. College-educated men who tend to marry and get better jobs are more involved with their children than less skilled men struggling to get by.