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Less sexist fathers groom successful daughters

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Do you want your baby girl to be successful? Then start sharing house chores with your wife.

Stay away from sexist points of view.

Women with fathers who are less sexist and more willing to share household chores are more likely to grow up to be ambitious at workplaces, showed a study reported by Live Science, a publication of the University of British Columbia.

Fathers, more than mothers, shape their children's personalities.

Also, resilience and determination are traits determined by a fathers' parenting style.

Even games their children play are affected by father's perspective on gender.

Researchers found that a father's attitude can influence how their daughters behave.

"Daughters with dads with balanced minds are just as likely to play with Transformers as Barbie dolls," study researcher Toni Schmader, a psychologist at Live Science reported.

Girls see fathers as the person with the highest authority in the house and consider him as a role model.

Girls largely learn from their fathers about how a girl should behave, according to the analysis.

"Role models for who they can be, and role models for who they could be with," the Live Science report added.