Study: Lack Of Paternal Attention May Contribute To School Bullying

The New York Times (2/4) reported in a "Freakonomics" blog, "Busy fathers, pay attention: a new study finds that if your kids think you're not spending enough time with them, they're more likely to exhibit bullying behavior at school. C. Andre Christie-Mizell, Jacqueline M. Keil, Mary Therese Laske and Jennifer Stewart examined both parents' working hours and children's perception of time spent with their parents (i.e. do your kids think you work too much?), finding that 'it was children's perception of how much time they spent with their fathers that had the most impact on bullying behavior.' Interestingly, mothers' working hours didn't seem to have much of an effect on bullying behaviors."