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The British government has [started / stated] a new project to help men manage the responsibilities of fatherhood. Fathers will be [ability / able] to attend workshops and take lessons on [how / what] to be a better father. The new scheme hopes to [slow / slowly] down the rate of family breakdown in the U.K. [Over / More] a million British children are growing up without a father. A survey [said / talked] that a 16-year-old in Britain is more likely to [owning / own] a smartphone than have [a / the] father. One of the project's leaders, Iain Duncan Smith, told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper that: "It is not only the [bond / bonded] between a mother and her child which makes a real difference to a child's [live / life] . It is the bond between a father and his child too."

The new classes will be for men [just / only] . They will prepare fathers for how having a new baby will change [their / them] relationship. Lessons will help new fathers [to / for] develop relationship and communication [skills / skillful] . Other classes will help them to understand what can [go / went] wrong and where to go for [farther / further] support. Mr Smith wants the rate of divorce in the U.K. to go down. He said: "Divorce does [harmful / harm] to children, affecting everything from school work to eating habits, as well as their relationship [for / with] mum and dad." He spoke of the importance of helping families, saying: "If we are [serious / seriously] about promoting a strong society, then we also have to be serious about seeking [for / to] support and strengthen families."