Supporting Father Involvement (SFI)
Results from the Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) project in four California counties included, but were not limited to, the following benefits:
- An increase in father involvement related to child care tasks and visitation
- No increase in children's problem behavior
- A decrease in anxiety in fathers
- A decline in mother's parenting stress
- A reduction in parents' violent behavior
- Relationship satisfaction for those people who identified that they were in a relationship
Other Benefits to Children
- Greater empathy
- Less gender role stereotyping
- More awareness of needs and rights of others
- More generous " Higher self-esteem
- More self-control and less impulsivity
- Increased curiosity
- Increased exploration of the world around them
- Less hesitance and fear in new situations
- Greater tolerance for stress and frustration
- More willingness to try new things
- Higher verbal skills
- Higher scores on assessments of cognitive competence
- Daughter's increased competence in math
- Son's IQ is related to father' s nurturing (Minnesota Fathers and Families Network)