Attention Dads: You’re Needed at School The Benefits of a Father's Involvement -Tips for Volunteering
Ask any parent around and most will agree that being involved in your child’s school is important and can make a difference in your child’s academic and social success. Too often, however, the involvement ends up being one-sided – with moms tending to know more about what is going on at school. Luckily, this pattern is beginning to change. Both stay-at-home dads and career dads are getting involved; as a result, there is also an increased awareness about the powerful, positive impact dads can make. Whether your home is a two-parent home or you live apart from your child, your interest, enthusiasm and involvement with your child’s education is important.
Benefits
Research shows that children of involved fathers are more likely to enjoy school, have better grades and more positive peer relationships, have fewer behavior problems, and become more responsible adults. When you are involved with your child’s education, you send your child an essential message -school is important.
It is not only the kids who benefit from their dad’s involvement. Research also finds that men who are involved fathers feel more self confident and effective as parents, find parenting more satisfying, and feel more intrinsically important to their children.
Obviously, the time you need to be at work can place limitations on how you can get involved at school, but with creative planning you can be a dad involved and interested in your child’s educational life. By doing this you also get to know who your child’s peers and friends are, making it less likely that your child will get picked on or bullied. You get to know your child’s teacher, making communication of issues much more likely and more frequent. All great benefits!
10 Simple Ways to Get Involved
Below is a list of simple ways for dads to volunteer and get involved at school:
Sarah Allen, MSc and Kerry Daly, PhD. The Effects of Father Involvement: A Summary of the Research Evidence. Newsletter of the Father Involvement Initiative - Ontario Network, Volume 1, Fall 2002.
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1. Attend parent-teacher conferences. 2. Volunteer to drive or chaperone during field trips. 3. Coordinate a time with the teacher to read to the class or be involved with class projects or unit studies. 4. Together with your child, prepare snacks for special class celebrations. If you aren’t one for the kitchen, you can sign up to bring drinks or paper products. Plan an outing with your child to purchase the items. 5. Set up or clean up after a class party. 6. Come in and have lunch with your child once a month or however often you can swing it. 7. Drive your child to school or pick him/her up after school. 8. Join a PTA committee. 9. If you're handy with the computer, volunteer to set up a class website. 10. Don’t forget that being involved with your child’s education includes providing support at home – help your child set up a good homework area that is free of distractions, review homework, help your child prep for an upcoming test, call out spelling words, read and respond to paperwork that the teacher sends home, etc.
Sources: Fatherhood Institute. Research Summary: Fathers’ Influence Over Children’s Education. Fathers Direct. February 2007.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Interesting Study
Study: Male testosterone levels decline during fatherhood
BY LAUREN CHOOLJIAN | SEP. 13, 2011 When Lee Gettler got married six weeks ago, he didn't realize that with the "I do" came a change in his testosterone levels. Gettler is the lead author of a new study from Northwestern University that links male behavior to hormone levels.
Researchers studied more than 600 men in the Philippines and found that those who became fathers saw a substantial drop in their testosterone. Gettler said the findings show that males, like their female counterparts, are hardwired to take care of their offspring.
"It's not just mothers that have an innate, kind of biological orientation towards childcare, men have that ability, too. And so I think that this can really broaden our idea of men as fathers and what the traditional role fathers should be perhaps, or what it means to 'be a man.'" he said.
Gettler said the findings don't mean that only males with low levels of testosterone have the potential to be able fathers--on the contrary. He said the study means that men with high testosterone levels during their single days have the capability of being more sensitive fathers. The drop in the level comes after a male chooses to have a child, according to their findings. Gettler said a similar drop occurs when men are newly married, though according to their findings, the drop is not as significant as it is during fatherhood.
Like with any study, there are possible limitations to the findings. Gettler admits with fatherhood comes stress or sleep deprivation, and those factors may have had an affect on the mental state of the males who were tested. But he said the novel finding in this study is that male behavior can drive biological change.
For those men who are concerned a new baby could lead to more feminine features, Gettler says don't worry--lower
hormone levels just mean new dads will find it easier to tap into their sensitive side.
BY LAUREN CHOOLJIAN | SEP. 13, 2011 When Lee Gettler got married six weeks ago, he didn't realize that with the "I do" came a change in his testosterone levels. Gettler is the lead author of a new study from Northwestern University that links male behavior to hormone levels.
Researchers studied more than 600 men in the Philippines and found that those who became fathers saw a substantial drop in their testosterone. Gettler said the findings show that males, like their female counterparts, are hardwired to take care of their offspring.
"It's not just mothers that have an innate, kind of biological orientation towards childcare, men have that ability, too. And so I think that this can really broaden our idea of men as fathers and what the traditional role fathers should be perhaps, or what it means to 'be a man.'" he said.
Gettler said the findings don't mean that only males with low levels of testosterone have the potential to be able fathers--on the contrary. He said the study means that men with high testosterone levels during their single days have the capability of being more sensitive fathers. The drop in the level comes after a male chooses to have a child, according to their findings. Gettler said a similar drop occurs when men are newly married, though according to their findings, the drop is not as significant as it is during fatherhood.
Like with any study, there are possible limitations to the findings. Gettler admits with fatherhood comes stress or sleep deprivation, and those factors may have had an affect on the mental state of the males who were tested. But he said the novel finding in this study is that male behavior can drive biological change.
For those men who are concerned a new baby could lead to more feminine features, Gettler says don't worry--lower
hormone levels just mean new dads will find it easier to tap into their sensitive side.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Things To Do
School is right around the corner and your children's free time is about to be in short supply. There is still a week or two left to have some father time with your kids. Spending time as a family is important, it is also important to spend time with your kids just to get alone time with them.
The latest trip I took with my children was to the Air and Space Museum in Dulles Virginal. It was pretty exciting! Children love to learn and mine are no exception. Seeing the giant planes, space.shuttle and fighter jets really put a smile on their faces. I love how inquisitive they can be. They want to know everything about every plane in the building and I did my best to answer.
Pictures are worth a thousand words so I tried to capture every aircraft they were interested in. Experiencing museums like the Air and Space Museum is a great example of how a dad can spend quality time with his children. It is fun and educational all in the same package. Other then the price of parking it is also free to get in. The memories made by a simple trip to the museum are priceless! If you live in the DC metro area it would be well worth the drive to the museum.
I almost forgot to mention the SR-71 Blackbird that is Jetfire in Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is at the Air and Space Museum. My children found that pretty cool, they took a picture next to it.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Losing Baby Teeth
The loss of baby teeth is an exciting milestone for little kids. Here's what to expect when the tooth fairy comes to call. By the editors of Parents magazine
Losing a baby tooth is the ultimate sign of becoming a big kid. In fact, it's probably more important to 5-and 6-year-olds than learning to read, write, or ride a bike. Kids competitively track how many teeth their classmates have lost, open their mouths to show off the progress, and endlessly trade tooth stories. My daughter, Amy, will never forget the day she lost a tooth during a school assembly; the principal held it up, and everyone applauded.
Baby teeth loosen as their roots dissolve, clearing the way for permanent teeth, explains George White, D.D.S., a professor of pediatric dentistry at Tufts University, in Boston. The bottom two front teeth are usually the first to go, followed by the top two in front.
Most kids have their first loose tooth at age 5 or 6, but it can happen when they're as young as 4 or as old as 8. (Children whose baby teeth erupted early usually lose them before late teethers do.) It generally takes a few months from the time a tooth becomes loose until it falls out. Teeth tend to fall out on their own -- becoming stuck in food or even getting swallowed, which dentists say is harmless. But loose teeth can also be stubborn, sometimes hanging by a thread for weeks. Is it okay for kids to wiggle them free?
Absolutely. "It's best to encourage your child to wiggle the tooth out on his own," explains Gerald Ferretti, D.D.S., a professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington. "If it's extremely loose, you can take a tissue and try to rotate the tooth," Dr. White adds. If there's no root left, you should be able to pull it out easily. But don't force it, and never tie it to a string and yank --if the root is only half dissolved, it could break and become infected.
Gummy Grins
When a baby tooth falls out, the big tooth is usually underneath the gums, waiting to erupt. Your child's permanent teeth will have ridges on the biting edges at first (they haven't been worn down yet through chewing), and they'll be slightly less white than his baby teeth were. "As more adult teeth replace baby teeth, the difference in color becomes less noticeable," says Fred S. Ferguson, D.D.S., a professor of pediatric dentistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and founder of aboutsmiles.org.
Don't worry if your child's teeth look a little too big for his face; his head will keep growing, but his teeth won't. However, if the teeth seem crowded, you may want to talk to your dentist about arranging a consultation with an orthodontist.
Some kids develop two rows of teeth -- often called shark's teeth -- when the permanent teeth come through before the baby teeth have fallen out. The new teeth will push forward on the baby teeth, usually causing them to fall out within a few weeks, Dr. Ferretti says. Consult your dentist if the double row lasts for longer than three months.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
What fathers should know
By Linda Nielsen
Why should teachers, counselors, and parents pay more attention to father-daughter relationships? Because, throughout her lifetime, a daughter is profoundly affected by the kind of relationship she has with her father—often more so than by her relationship with her mother. The girl who grows up having a comfortable, communicative, supportive relationship with her father generally has advantages over other girls when it comes to:
Academic achievement and future jobs and incomes—especially in areas related to science, math, and technology; Avoiding teenage pregnancy and early marriage; Being self-confident and self-reliant; Setting long-term goals; Avoiding emotionally or physically abusive relationships; Resisting peer pressure to have premature sex, smoke, drink alcohol, or take drugs; Not being overly dependent on boys in order to feel good about herself; Asserting her opinions and standing up for her beliefs; Dealing well with people in authority (teachers, employers, etc.); A willingness to try new things and accept challenging tasks; and Having less chance of becoming depressed or developing an eating disorder.
So what can parents, teachers, and counselors do to help fathers and daughters create more meaningful, more personal, more communicative relationships?
1. Spread the word: Stop demeaning or dismissing dads Our first step is to get the message across to everyone in the school and in the family that the father-daughter relationship is vital and needs to be appreciated and strengthened. We need to help others recognize the many demeaning, demoralizing beliefs they hold about fathers-beliefs that hurt father-daughter relationships. One way to raise awareness is to distribute the quiz—especially to fathers and to daughters.
2. Encourage more father-daughter time We can also help daughters and fathers strengthen their relationships by seeing to it that they spend more time alone with each other—time without other family members around. As fathers and daughters spend more private time with one another, they have more opportunities to communicate honestly and comfortably about meaningful, personal matters. Not only mothers and stepmothers must be helped to feel more comfortable with this idea; teachers and counselors must also realize that it's not weird or strange or inappropriate for a father and daughter to spend time alone with each other, even during the daughter's teenage years.
Here is one way fathers and daughters can become more comfortable spending time alone with each other and get to know one another on a more personal level. As a daughter, ask your father to choose 10 pictures of himself from different times in his life—especially his childhood and teenage years. Be sure to ask him to include a picture of his father. Then ask him to spend an hour telling you stories about the pictures—in a quiet place where the two of you can talk privately.
3. Help daughters develop positive relationships with their fathers As a parent, teacher, or counselor, you are in a position to help daughters understand how important their relationships with their fathers are and to help them recognize the ways in which they may be pushing their fathers away. Suggest that daughters take the quiz in order to see how they may or may not be sharing those parts of themselves that will encourage more open and communicative relationships with their fathers.
Parents in particular—both moms and dads—can strengthen father-daughter relationships in the following ways:
Be sure dad spends at least two hours a week alone with his daughter. Watch movies together about positive father-daughter relationships: Fly Away Home, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, etc. Read books that show fathers being just as competent as mothers in parenting their daughters. Books may include I Live with Daddy, by Judith Vigna; Night Shift Daddy, by Eileen Spinelli; and Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy. Watch commercials together with your daughter and talk about the ones that make the father look stupid or incompetent.
Using these tools can do a lot to raise awareness of the importance of father-daughter relationships and help families create these loving and powerful bonds.
Linda Nielsen, Ed.D., is a nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships. An adolescent psychologist and college professor for more than 30 years, she has taught the only college course in the country devoted exclusively to father-daughter relationships. Her work has been widely cited in The Christian Science Monitor, on National Public Radio, and in a public television documentary on fathers and daughters released in June 2005. Nielsen is the author of Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You've Always Wanted with Your Dad (McGraw-Hill, 2004).
Why should teachers, counselors, and parents pay more attention to father-daughter relationships? Because, throughout her lifetime, a daughter is profoundly affected by the kind of relationship she has with her father—often more so than by her relationship with her mother. The girl who grows up having a comfortable, communicative, supportive relationship with her father generally has advantages over other girls when it comes to:
Academic achievement and future jobs and incomes—especially in areas related to science, math, and technology; Avoiding teenage pregnancy and early marriage; Being self-confident and self-reliant; Setting long-term goals; Avoiding emotionally or physically abusive relationships; Resisting peer pressure to have premature sex, smoke, drink alcohol, or take drugs; Not being overly dependent on boys in order to feel good about herself; Asserting her opinions and standing up for her beliefs; Dealing well with people in authority (teachers, employers, etc.); A willingness to try new things and accept challenging tasks; and Having less chance of becoming depressed or developing an eating disorder.
So what can parents, teachers, and counselors do to help fathers and daughters create more meaningful, more personal, more communicative relationships?
1. Spread the word: Stop demeaning or dismissing dads Our first step is to get the message across to everyone in the school and in the family that the father-daughter relationship is vital and needs to be appreciated and strengthened. We need to help others recognize the many demeaning, demoralizing beliefs they hold about fathers-beliefs that hurt father-daughter relationships. One way to raise awareness is to distribute the quiz—especially to fathers and to daughters.
2. Encourage more father-daughter time We can also help daughters and fathers strengthen their relationships by seeing to it that they spend more time alone with each other—time without other family members around. As fathers and daughters spend more private time with one another, they have more opportunities to communicate honestly and comfortably about meaningful, personal matters. Not only mothers and stepmothers must be helped to feel more comfortable with this idea; teachers and counselors must also realize that it's not weird or strange or inappropriate for a father and daughter to spend time alone with each other, even during the daughter's teenage years.
Here is one way fathers and daughters can become more comfortable spending time alone with each other and get to know one another on a more personal level. As a daughter, ask your father to choose 10 pictures of himself from different times in his life—especially his childhood and teenage years. Be sure to ask him to include a picture of his father. Then ask him to spend an hour telling you stories about the pictures—in a quiet place where the two of you can talk privately.
3. Help daughters develop positive relationships with their fathers As a parent, teacher, or counselor, you are in a position to help daughters understand how important their relationships with their fathers are and to help them recognize the ways in which they may be pushing their fathers away. Suggest that daughters take the quiz in order to see how they may or may not be sharing those parts of themselves that will encourage more open and communicative relationships with their fathers.
Parents in particular—both moms and dads—can strengthen father-daughter relationships in the following ways:
Be sure dad spends at least two hours a week alone with his daughter. Watch movies together about positive father-daughter relationships: Fly Away Home, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, etc. Read books that show fathers being just as competent as mothers in parenting their daughters. Books may include I Live with Daddy, by Judith Vigna; Night Shift Daddy, by Eileen Spinelli; and Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy. Watch commercials together with your daughter and talk about the ones that make the father look stupid or incompetent.
Using these tools can do a lot to raise awareness of the importance of father-daughter relationships and help families create these loving and powerful bonds.
Linda Nielsen, Ed.D., is a nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships. An adolescent psychologist and college professor for more than 30 years, she has taught the only college course in the country devoted exclusively to father-daughter relationships. Her work has been widely cited in The Christian Science Monitor, on National Public Radio, and in a public television documentary on fathers and daughters released in June 2005. Nielsen is the author of Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You've Always Wanted with Your Dad (McGraw-Hill, 2004).
How to be a Great Dad – 12 Awesome Tips
How to be a Great Dad – 12 Awesome Tips
How can you be a great dad?
1. Put their interests first, always. Do you enjoy drinking or smoking? Guess what —it’s not good for them, and you’re setting an example with everything you do. I quit smoking about 18 months ago not for my sake, but for my kids. Now, it is still important to take care of yourself (otherwise you can’t take care of them), but you should still have them in mind. 2. Protect them. As a dad, one of your main roles is protector. There are many ways you need to do this. Safety is one: child-proof your home, teach them good safety habits, set a good example by using your seatbelt, make sure they use a car seat if below a certain age & weight, etc. But financial protection is also important: have life insurance, car insurance, an emergency fund, a will. 3. Spend your spare time with them. When we get home from work, often we’re tired and just want to relax. But this is the only time we have with them during the weekdays, often, and you shouldn’t waste it. Take this time to find out about their day, lay on the couch with them. On weekends, devote as much time as possible to them. While work may be your passion, it won’t be long before they’re grown and no longer want to spend time with you. Take advantage of these years. The thing kids want most from their dads is their time. 4. Give them hugs. Dads shouldn’t be afraid to show affection. Kids need physical contact, and not just from their moms. Snuggle with them, hug them, love them. 5. Play with them. Go outside and play sports. Do a treasure hunt. Have a pillow fight. Play Transformers or Pokemon with them. Don’t just watch TV. Show them how to have fun. See 100 Ways to Have Fun with Your Kids for Free or Cheap. 6. Do the “mom” stuff. Things that are traditionally considered “mom” duties are not just for moms anymore —changing diapers, feeding, bathing, rocking them to sleep in the middle of the night. Dads should help out as much as they can, sharing these types of duties equally if possible. And in fact, if you’re a dad of a baby, this is the perfect time to bond with your child. You should leap at the chance to do these things, because that’s how you start a life-long close relationship with your child. 7. Read to them. This is one of the most important things you can do for your child. First of all, it’s so much fun. Kids books are really cool, and it’s great when you can share something this wonderful with your child. Second, you are teaching them one of the most fundamentally important skills (reading) that will pay off dividends for life. And third, you are spending time with them, you’re sitting or lying close together, and you are enjoying each other’s company. See the Best All-Time Children’s Books. 8. Stand by mom. Don’t contradict their mother in front of them, don’t fight with her in front of them, and most definitely don’t ever abuse her. How you treat their mother affects their self-esteem, and the way they will treat themselves and women when they grow up. Be kind and respectful and loving of their mother. And always work as a team —never contradicting statements of the other. 9. Teach them self-esteem. Maybe this should be No. 1. Well, these aren’t in any order, but this is one of the most important points. There is nothing you can do that is better than giving them high self-esteem. How do you do this? A million ways, but mainly by showing them (not telling them) that you value them, by spending time with them, by talking and listening to them, by praising things they do, by teaching them (not telling them) how to be competent. Praise and encourage, don’t reprimand and discourage. 0. Teach them about finances. This is a point often missed in articles about dadhood. You might not need to teach your 1-year-old about index funds or portfolio diversity, but from an early age, you can teach them the value of money, how to save money to reach a goal, and later, how earn money and how to manage money properly. You don’t want your child to go into the world knowing as little as you did, do you? 1. Be good to yourself. You shouldn’t give up your entire life when you become a dad. You need to take care of yourself, give yourself some alone time, and some time with your buddies, in order to be a great dad when you’re with your kids. Also take care of your health —eat healthy, exercise —because 1) you can’t take care of your kids if you’re sickly, 2) you are teaching your kids how to be healthy for life, and 3) you want to enjoy those grandkids someday. 2. Be good to the mom. This isn’t the same as No. 8 —you should be good to their mom even when they’re not looking. Take her to dinner, give her a massage, do chores around the house for her, give her some time alone and babysit while she goes out, show affection to her, give her little surprises. Because when mom’s happy, the kids are happy. And dad will be happy too!
How can you be a great dad?
1. Put their interests first, always. Do you enjoy drinking or smoking? Guess what —it’s not good for them, and you’re setting an example with everything you do. I quit smoking about 18 months ago not for my sake, but for my kids. Now, it is still important to take care of yourself (otherwise you can’t take care of them), but you should still have them in mind. 2. Protect them. As a dad, one of your main roles is protector. There are many ways you need to do this. Safety is one: child-proof your home, teach them good safety habits, set a good example by using your seatbelt, make sure they use a car seat if below a certain age & weight, etc. But financial protection is also important: have life insurance, car insurance, an emergency fund, a will. 3. Spend your spare time with them. When we get home from work, often we’re tired and just want to relax. But this is the only time we have with them during the weekdays, often, and you shouldn’t waste it. Take this time to find out about their day, lay on the couch with them. On weekends, devote as much time as possible to them. While work may be your passion, it won’t be long before they’re grown and no longer want to spend time with you. Take advantage of these years. The thing kids want most from their dads is their time. 4. Give them hugs. Dads shouldn’t be afraid to show affection. Kids need physical contact, and not just from their moms. Snuggle with them, hug them, love them. 5. Play with them. Go outside and play sports. Do a treasure hunt. Have a pillow fight. Play Transformers or Pokemon with them. Don’t just watch TV. Show them how to have fun. See 100 Ways to Have Fun with Your Kids for Free or Cheap. 6. Do the “mom” stuff. Things that are traditionally considered “mom” duties are not just for moms anymore —changing diapers, feeding, bathing, rocking them to sleep in the middle of the night. Dads should help out as much as they can, sharing these types of duties equally if possible. And in fact, if you’re a dad of a baby, this is the perfect time to bond with your child. You should leap at the chance to do these things, because that’s how you start a life-long close relationship with your child. 7. Read to them. This is one of the most important things you can do for your child. First of all, it’s so much fun. Kids books are really cool, and it’s great when you can share something this wonderful with your child. Second, you are teaching them one of the most fundamentally important skills (reading) that will pay off dividends for life. And third, you are spending time with them, you’re sitting or lying close together, and you are enjoying each other’s company. See the Best All-Time Children’s Books. 8. Stand by mom. Don’t contradict their mother in front of them, don’t fight with her in front of them, and most definitely don’t ever abuse her. How you treat their mother affects their self-esteem, and the way they will treat themselves and women when they grow up. Be kind and respectful and loving of their mother. And always work as a team —never contradicting statements of the other. 9. Teach them self-esteem. Maybe this should be No. 1. Well, these aren’t in any order, but this is one of the most important points. There is nothing you can do that is better than giving them high self-esteem. How do you do this? A million ways, but mainly by showing them (not telling them) that you value them, by spending time with them, by talking and listening to them, by praising things they do, by teaching them (not telling them) how to be competent. Praise and encourage, don’t reprimand and discourage. 0. Teach them about finances. This is a point often missed in articles about dadhood. You might not need to teach your 1-year-old about index funds or portfolio diversity, but from an early age, you can teach them the value of money, how to save money to reach a goal, and later, how earn money and how to manage money properly. You don’t want your child to go into the world knowing as little as you did, do you? 1. Be good to yourself. You shouldn’t give up your entire life when you become a dad. You need to take care of yourself, give yourself some alone time, and some time with your buddies, in order to be a great dad when you’re with your kids. Also take care of your health —eat healthy, exercise —because 1) you can’t take care of your kids if you’re sickly, 2) you are teaching your kids how to be healthy for life, and 3) you want to enjoy those grandkids someday. 2. Be good to the mom. This isn’t the same as No. 8 —you should be good to their mom even when they’re not looking. Take her to dinner, give her a massage, do chores around the house for her, give her some time alone and babysit while she goes out, show affection to her, give her little surprises. Because when mom’s happy, the kids are happy. And dad will be happy too!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Fathet Facts
Adolescents, particularly boys, in single-parent families were at higher risk of status, property and person delinquencies. Moreover, students attending schools with a high proportion of children of single parents are also at risk. Source: Anderson, Amy L. “Individual and contextual influences on delinquency: the role of the single-parent family.” Journal of Criminal Justice 30 (November 2002): 575-587.
What are we doing to our children!
This is a sad case of a disturbed man commuting a horrible act of violence against a disabled young boy!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
What do you think?
Are we teaching out children how to be responsible adults? Me personally, I think this little girl did the right thing!! What do you think?
MIDLAND, Pa. -- Midland Police said a 10-year-old girl called 911 on her drunk father.
According to investigators, the girl told police that her father Jay Kopp, 28, was drunk, screaming and breaking things at their home last month.
An officer who responded to the home told Channel 11's Vince Sims that they found Kopp passed out naked on the living room floor when they arrived.
Police said there was broken furniture, glass and 25 empty Coors Light beer cans on the kitchen counter.
Police said the 10-year-old told them that her mother wasn't home and her 1-year-old sister was sleeping in a crib.
After Kopp was released from the hospital, police said he and his wife showed up at the police station looking for the children. Investigators said they kids were placed in the custody of Children and Youth Services.
MIDLAND, Pa. -- Midland Police said a 10-year-old girl called 911 on her drunk father.
According to investigators, the girl told police that her father Jay Kopp, 28, was drunk, screaming and breaking things at their home last month.
An officer who responded to the home told Channel 11's Vince Sims that they found Kopp passed out naked on the living room floor when they arrived.
Police said there was broken furniture, glass and 25 empty Coors Light beer cans on the kitchen counter.
Police said the 10-year-old told them that her mother wasn't home and her 1-year-old sister was sleeping in a crib.
After Kopp was released from the hospital, police said he and his wife showed up at the police station looking for the children. Investigators said they kids were placed in the custody of Children and Youth Services.
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