A father’s relationship to his child’s current and future academic success and the level o
f his or her development in academic potential and scholastic achievement are both factors with some rather interesting implications that educators are beginning to study and appraise. As a matter of fact, “life with father” has been discovered to be a very important factor in determining a child’s progress or lack of progress in school.
A recent survey of over 16,000 children made by the National Child Development Study in London revealed that children whose fathers came to school conferences and accompanied their children on outing did measurably better in school than those children whose fathers were not involved in those activities. The study, which monitored children born during a week in March, 1992, from the time of their birth through the years of their early schooling, further revealed that the children of actively involved fathers scored much higher in reading and math than those children whose only involved parent was the mother. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role played by fathers in the raising of a child. It indicated a much higher level of parental involvement by the father than had been anticipated. Over 66% of the fathers were said to have played a major role in parental responsibility.
The study also suggested that the greatest level of paternal parenting took place in the families of only child. As the number of children and financial obligations increased, the father’s apparent intere4st and involvement with the children decreased. However, no matter what the size or financial condition of the family is, a father’s active participation in the child’s development made a definite difference in the child’s progress.
The study further revealed that while the frequency of overnight absences reflected a corresponding deficiency of the child’s level in math and reading, a father’s employment on night shifts appeared to have little effect on the child’s academic progress. The data from the study were obtained primarily through interviews from parents, teachers and physicians. The information evaluating the level of the father’s parenting performance was elicited primarily form. the admittedly subjective observations of the tier wives.
1. What is the main discovery made in the study？
A. A father’s influence played a significance role in the level of the child’s academic progress.
B. A much higher level of parental involvement of the father.
C. A father’s employment on night shifts appeared to have little effect on the child’s academic progress.
D. The greatest level of paternal parenting took place in the families of only child.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？
A. Children whose fathers did not come to school conferences or accompany them on outing did better than those whose fathers were involved in those activities.
B. The more children a family has, the more interest and involvement the father has.
C. Children who have actively involved fathers did much better academically than those whose only involved parent was the mother.
D. The more overnight absences the father has, the worse the child’s level in math and chemistry is.
3. What’s the aim of the study？
A. To evaluate fathers’ abilities in involving in children’s activities.
B. To reveal fathers’ role in bringing up a child.
C. To compare children from large families with children from small ones.
D. To explain the differences between mothers’ and fathers’ role in raising a child.
4. Evidence indicated that fathers who were involved in the parenting process amounted to （）.
A. more than three-quarters of all the fathers
B. slightly less than half of the fathers studied
C. a little less than one hundred percent of all fathers
D. about two-thirds of the fathers involved in the study
5. The data accumulated were obtained through （）.
A. interviews, school records and physicians’ reports
B. conversations with mothers of the children
C. observations by social psychologists
D. observations of fathers with their children
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