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Emotional Connections
Dads Start the Bonding Process at Day One
By Lisa A. Goldstein
The good news is there's no difference in bonding with boys or girls. "Make sure you tell yourself that from the word go and never lose it from sight," Stein cautions. "Girls and boys need the same thing."
All this bonding is beneficial for both father and child in that the father will feel important – not a second stringer, but a main player. The long-term advantage is continuing to learn what having a child is all about.
Perhaps most significantly, the child will have the opportunity to learn firsthand that "there are men and women – similar and different at the same time, both with their respective talents, commitments and contributions," says Stein. "Neither girls nor boys can really learn what men are really about without the father being there to show them through his devotion to their blossoming."
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