Author: David K. Evans and Pamela Jakiela
Author title: David K. Evans, Center for Global Development, Washington DC, USA
Pamela Jakiela, Williams College, Williamstown MA, USA, and Center for Global Development, Washington DC, USA
Description: Many programs seek to increase parent engagement with their children, but most of those programs target mothers. There have been fewer efforts to engage fathers and those efforts have shown mixed results. Understanding what current evidence tells us both about how fathers currently engage with their children, as well as the successes and failures of father-engagement programs, can help program implementers to design and carry out parenting programs in ways that are more likely to help fathers support their children’s development effectively.

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