Father’s involvement in early childhood development in Bangladesh

Abstract

For children’s better future, we must think about all the possibilities from their early childhood. Along with the mother, the father and their involvement is also imperative. This research, hopefully, will demonstrate how father’s involvement can make the scenario far more pleasing and fruitful for our children. If father’s involvement can be ensured in children’s upbringing, their social- emotional, motor, cognitive, communication skills will be developed magnificently. The study was conducted to identify the perception of fathers' and mothers' about fathers' involvement in early childhood development, the initiatives which can benefited for fathers' involvement in early childhood development and the challenges fathers face to be involved in early childhood development. Findings from the research have shown that the majority of fathers and mothers agreed to this that to ensure children’s physical and cognitive development along with mothers, fathers must extend their role and fulfill his duty as a caregiver of their children. It is hoped that this research will ultimately not only hold a spotlight on this pertinent field in Bangladesh for researchers but also help the policy maker to identify steps to incorporate more to ensure a supportive environment for fathers to be involved in early childhood development and also globally for international ECD advocates to discuss and work on it in future.