Dads boost baby brains

BABIES learn faster if their fathers engage with them, a study suggests.

It found that infants with more remote fathers tended to be slower at recognising colours and objects.

The study, by researchers in London, is one of a few to examine the impact of men, rather than women, on a child’s development.

The results suggest it is hugely important that men speak to a child in a positive tone of voice, pay attention to what interests them and elaborate on their speech.