Father's long term contact affected by separation period.The period immediately following separation is crucial for the long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. contact between fathers and their children with whom they no longer live, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study conducted through Statistics Canada's Research Data Centre program and published in the Journal of Family Issues. At that point, almost one-half of children saw their father frequently: 27% saw him at least every week, while 22% saw him every two weeks. Almost one-third saw their father monthly, for holidays only or irregularly ir·reg·u·lar adj. 1. Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice: irregular hiring practices. 2. . The remainder (19%) had no paternal PATERNAL. That which belongs to the father or comes from him: as, paternal power, paternal relation, paternal estate, paternal line. Vide Line. visits at all, though some had contact by phone or mail. Fatheers who remained closely involved with their children in the first few months following separation had a much greater chance of remaining so later on, the study shows |
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