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Lydia V. Esteves - Removing Barriers
The Father Factor: National Head Start Institute on Father Involvement
 

Using her own family as an example, Lydia Velez Esteves, Executive Director of Sin Barreras (Without Barriers), shows how important a father’s emotional support can be to children. Barreras encourages mothers and child advocates to meet fathers halfway, and to be open to fathers’ willingness to be involved in their children’s lives.

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Lydia V. Esteves - Removing Barriers. The Father Factor: National Head Start Institute on Father Involvement. HHS/ACF/ACYF/HSB. 2004. English. Streaming Video. 00:25:00.


Last Reviewed: May 2012