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Parental Influences Differ In Determining Child’s Later Academic Success

August 13, 2009 by

Mothers and fathers play different roles and make different contributions to a child's upbringing, but a father's influence upon a child's academic success later in life is felt the most when he's involved from the very beginning, says a University of Illinois expert in early childhood education.