The purpose of this study was to examine successful adaptation of first graders to elementary school by analyzing the relationships among fathers' emotional valuation of children and parenting behaviors and children's school readiness and executive function, and to identify gender differences in the pathways. Methods: Data were drawn from waves 6-8 of the Panel Study of Korean Children (PSKC). Participants were 987 fathers and their children. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and multiple group analysis with SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21.0. Results: First, fathers' emotional valuation of children had a significant effect on both warm and controlled parenting behaviors, and parenting behaviors completely mediated the effects between fathers' emotional valuation and children's school readiness and executive function. Furthermore, the results of multiple group analysis revealed that some path weights appeared differently by gender. For boys, fathers' emotional valuation had a significant effect on children's school readiness through warm parenting behaviors; however, there was no effect on executive function. For girls, emotional valuation completely mediated the effects of children's school readiness and executive function through both parenting behaviors. Conclusion: The implications of these findings provide specific, basic information for parent education and instruction regarding the perception and performance of the father's role emphasizing its the importance in the family.

The recent increased interest in hygiene has led to the use of a variety of detergents everyday life. Accordingly, accidents occur frequently, but proper precautions or treatments have not yet been established for these occasions. The patient in this case had accidentally ingested basic detergent, after mistaking it for a drink. This had caused acid reflux swallowing distress. Treatment in a western medical hospital had resulted in improvement in inflammation, as observed with an esophageal endoscopy test, but the patient still found it almost impossible to drink or eat. Following treatment with herbal medicine and acupuncture, the patient's food intake increased and the pain and dysphagia were diminished. We cannot generalize based only on this one case study, so further studies are needed.