... (Feldman, 2010). One such attachment could be found in the growing number of fathers who have begun to actively participate with child-rearing, as well as in families where the fathers have chosen to assume the primary caregiver role. Although attachments in parent-child relationships have been shown to differ between mother and father interactions, each gender contributes valuable skills and behaviors to ... child-rearing. For example, mothers may provide more of a gentle, soothing environment with a focus on nurture during early childhood, whereas the father will usually ... ...

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