Study finds that closeness with either parent has
behavioral, emotional benefits
Parents: Want to help ensure your children turn out to be
happy and socially well adjusted? Bond with them when they are infants.
That’s the message from a study by the University of Iowa,
which found that infants who have a close, intimate relationship with a parent
are less likely to be troubled, aggressive or experience other emotional and
behavioral problems when they reach school age. Surprisingly, the researchers
found that a young child needs to feel particularly secure with only one parent
to reap the benefits of stable emotions and behavior, and that being attached
to dad is just as helpful as being close to mom.