The father's role in infancy: A re-evaluation
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Paternal stimulatory, proprioceptive, and object-oriented play is a style typical of the human father's interactions with his infant.
“On the other hand, paternal OT correlated with stimulatory, proprioceptive, and object-oriented play, a style that is typical of the human father’s interactions with his infant (51–55).”
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