UK Wedding News
20/03/2013
According to the research carried out by Jo Jingles, 57% of UK fathers actually look for a reason to avoid singing to their children.
The nationwide provider of music, singing and movement classes for babies and pre-schoolers found that dads are using a variety of excuses to avoid singing to their baby or toddler.
Of the 700 fathers involved in the survey, many claimed the reasons for not singing to their child was because they either couldn't sing or they sang out of tune. Other reasons were they felt "embarrassed" and out of their comfort zone, and therefore would rather avoid the activity.
Caroline Crabbe, General Manager at Jo Jingles, said: "We really want to encourage more dads to sing to their children because it will help with their self-expression and confidence later in life.
"Most of us instinctively understand that babies and toddlers react positively to us when we sing songs to them, but what we may not fully appreciate is how those endless repetitions of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" are a fundamental part of our baby’s mental, physical and social development, helping to "wire up" their brains ready for speech development."
The survey also found that dads are happy to sing along to their favourite tracks on the radio, but not nursery rhymes as they feel there are enough musical toys to do the singing for them.
The research was carried out to try and help break down barriers and encourage more dads to involve children in regular singing and musical activities from an early age.
Ms Crabbe added: "Most of the reasons cited in our research suggest a real lack of confidence in dads to express themselves through this kind of singing with most of the excuses linked to feelings of embarrassment and awkwardness.
"The revelation that you can’t sing like a professional is, in reality, the case for most of us but it doesn’t matter. There is nothing your little one loves more than the sound of mum/dad singing to them and if you sing a bit out of tune, trust me, they won’t mind at all."
Other reasons fathers said they avoided singing to their child was because the activity wasn't very "manly" and more natural for mums.
(JP)
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57% Of Fathers 'Don't Sing To Children'
New research has revealed many children are missing out on a certain childhood memory – hearing a parent sing them a lullaby.According to the research carried out by Jo Jingles, 57% of UK fathers actually look for a reason to avoid singing to their children.
The nationwide provider of music, singing and movement classes for babies and pre-schoolers found that dads are using a variety of excuses to avoid singing to their baby or toddler.
Of the 700 fathers involved in the survey, many claimed the reasons for not singing to their child was because they either couldn't sing or they sang out of tune. Other reasons were they felt "embarrassed" and out of their comfort zone, and therefore would rather avoid the activity.
Caroline Crabbe, General Manager at Jo Jingles, said: "We really want to encourage more dads to sing to their children because it will help with their self-expression and confidence later in life.
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"Most of us instinctively understand that babies and toddlers react positively to us when we sing songs to them, but what we may not fully appreciate is how those endless repetitions of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" are a fundamental part of our baby’s mental, physical and social development, helping to "wire up" their brains ready for speech development."
The survey also found that dads are happy to sing along to their favourite tracks on the radio, but not nursery rhymes as they feel there are enough musical toys to do the singing for them.
The research was carried out to try and help break down barriers and encourage more dads to involve children in regular singing and musical activities from an early age.
Ms Crabbe added: "Most of the reasons cited in our research suggest a real lack of confidence in dads to express themselves through this kind of singing with most of the excuses linked to feelings of embarrassment and awkwardness.
"The revelation that you can’t sing like a professional is, in reality, the case for most of us but it doesn’t matter. There is nothing your little one loves more than the sound of mum/dad singing to them and if you sing a bit out of tune, trust me, they won’t mind at all."
Other reasons fathers said they avoided singing to their child was because the activity wasn't very "manly" and more natural for mums.
(JP)
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