We suggest that interventions and policies to improve the father adolescent relationship, especially in stepfather families, would be valuable and beneficial for adolescent adjustment. We advocate parenting interventions for families of all ethnic groups that include fathers and suggest that they focus on strengthening the father-adolescent relationship, instead of just overall parenting. Recognition of the uniqueness of ethnicity, however, will increase the success of these interventions and should inform policy decision making on behalf of families.
