Affiliation:
1. College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
2. Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada
3. Applied Social Psychology program at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
In this article, the authors report on a qualitative analysis of how a diverse sample of fathers perceives the influence of their own children on their identity and development. The data were collected within a large partnership-based, multiyear, multisite research project carried out in Canada as a community-university collaboration. Specifically, the data were collected from interviews with 215 fathers across seven cluster sites in Canada. Fathers perceived that children influenced their orientation toward self and other, values and expectations, time, and relationship with their parenting partner. The analysis of how fathers learn from their children resulted in a focus on learning on the spot and contending with uncertainty. The article concludes with a discussion of policy implications on how to support the well-being of fathers through the learning that they have with their children.
Subject
General Social Sciences,Sociology and Political Science
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