Question

Mateo has limited contact with his noncustodial father, who lives across the country from him. His father is supportive and authoritative when Mateo does have contact with him. Mateo's peer, Ayden, has frequent contact with his own noncustodial father, who is permissive and disruptive. How are Mateo and Ayden likely to fare in terms of their adjustment and school achievement? Ayden will likely be better adjusted than Mateo because the frequency of contact with noncustodial fathers is more important than the quality of the contact. Mateo will likely be better adjusted than Ayden because the quality of contact with noncustodial fathers is more important than the frequency of the contact. Mateo and Ayden will likely be similarly poorly adjusted because both high quality and high quantity of contact with noncustodial fathers are necessary. Mateo and Ayden will likely be similarly well adjusted because contact with noncustodial fathers is beneficial for adjustment.

Answer 1

Answer:

Mateo will likely be better adjusted than Ayden, because the quality of contact with noncustodial fathers is more important than the frequency of contact

Explanation:

Non-custodial fathers refers to the father that already separated from the child's mother and does not have the right to keep the child because of court's order.

usually, the children will rarely meet with the non-custodial parent. So, the children would most likely influenced by such parents from the quality of small interactions that they have. Since the father is more supportive to mateo than to ayden, it is more likely that mateo would be better adjusted because he obtain the emotional comfort that ayden never got.