A strength of the role of the father as a parent?

-Research support to provide evidence that fathers are a 'playmate' rather than a primary caregiver -Geiger found that a fathers' play interactions were more exciting in comparision to a mothers'. However, the mothers' play interaction were more affectionate and nurturing -This suggests that the role of the father is in fact as a playmate and not as a sensitive parent who responds to the needs of their children. These results confirm that the mother takes on a nuturing role -Means there is a distinctive and important role for fathers as a 'playmate', but families such as a single-parent or a lesbian-parent family can accommodate the role of the playmate