A new support pack has been designed to help early years settings involve fathers in their children's activities.
Involving Fathers in Child and Family Services offers practical suggestions on how to develop father-friendly services. Produced by Strathclyde University's childhood and families research and development centre, the pack contains an audit that practitioners can use to assess how welcoming nurseries and family centres are to fathers.
Jacque Fee, co-author of the pack and network co-ordinator at the centre, said the project grew out of research carried out two years ago. It found that nurseries had policies to include parents, but that these were rarely put into practice. 'Nursery staff were aware of the benefits of including greater numbers of men in their services. However, they were often unsure of where to begin and what sources of support they could hope to secure,' said Ms Fee.
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