#489 Complementary Roles of Mums and Dads With Jenet Erickson

Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families · Apr 19, 2022 · 19m · transcript

Justin speaks with associate Professor Jenet Erickson

Topics included in this episode:

The different roles that mothers and fathers can offer their children

Mothers impact development by building core

Fathers impact how children relate to the outside world

Mums and Dads hold their babies differently

A key predictor of college graduation is the involvement of a father

Blue brain vs pink brain

Fathers promote risk taking

Nuturing is both holding close AND letting go

Children benefit from both processes

Daughters whose fathers are not present are more likely to engage sexually at a younger age…