The impact of mothers on their children has been widely studied and recognized. Scientists and psychologists have researched in depth how a mother’s involvement influences her child and even the way motherhood literally alters her brain. But the same cannot be said for fathers. The importance of fathers has, until recently, been otherwise neglected. Researchers are just now catching up to what many of us already knew — dads make your life better. With this, we have learned a lot about just how essential a positive father figure is for healthy child development. Fathers as Active Parents For many years,…