India, June 13 -- While the role of a mother is celebrated and feted in popular culture, that of the father often does not often inspire poetry or prose. However, research does not concur with the idea. A study published in the Journal of Family Psychology, New York, reveals that both types of involvement - caregiving versus play and the timing, workday versus non-workday can have an impact on the quality of the early father-child relationship.

Father's day is the right time to try and get a deeper insight into the relationship between a parent and a child and how it is likely to impact the duo. "There is no other important influence than a parent for a growing child. It's the comfort, security, affection, attention that you get from you...