Girls can learn from their fathers to develop a trusting comfortable relationship with men. Loving fathers also have a positive influence on achievement in boys and personal adjustment in girls. Loving fathers who provide limit setting, moral reasoning, and reasonable and firm guidance without imposing their will can help promote their children's competence. Research on father-child involvement also shows that fathers are significant for children, sensitive to children and fathers' play with children is different from mothers'. Obviously, fathers are just as important to their children as mothers.
Research finds that the majority of children miss their fathers very much.
Young children usually grieve the divorced father as if he had died. The permanent separation or father's absence may lead to prolonged grief. In addition, father absence can have a negative effect on both boys and girl's social behavior. Research findings show that children who experienced father absence were likely to have behavior problems and didn't do well in school, particularly in math and science. Clearly, research results have proved the importance of a father role for children to grow.