Hannah Crown talks to Charles Padie about a reading course that aims to
get dads more involved.
Some 70 per cent of fathers who live with their children want to be more involved in their education, according to the Fatherhood Institute. Other research links high levels of interest from fathers with better results and more enjoyment from education, while low interest has a stronger negative impact on their achievement than contact with the police, poverty, social class, housing tenure and the child's personality. The thinktank runs a variety of courses for early years settings and schools, including the Father's Reading Every Day (FRED) course.
The basic aim of FRED is to start fathers reading 15 minutes a day for two weeks with their children - then 30 minutes a day for a second two weeks. The course was developed in the US and has been shown to improve the accuracy, understanding and speed of reading and writing.
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