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The Influence Of Fatherhood

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Fathers play a significant role in shaping the lives of their children and serving as models of how a man is supposed to play the fatherhood role. However, for many first time fathers this role may prove to be rather intimidating and difficult to fulfil, especially if they are absent during their children’s first stages of development. Hence, it is of outmost significance for this paper to investigate the effects of absent fathers in their children lives. Moreover, pertinent to the study is the experiences of first time fathers to find out how they perceive their roles in developing emotional relationships with their children and the opportunities …show more content…

However, there are prevalent gaps in knowledge about fatherhood and analysis of paternal involvement in their children’s life. Moreover, due to cultural trans formation of fatherhood, there has been a move away from the good father “as the moral guardian, disciplinarian and educator to a single role of financial provider to a contemporary ideal of nurturing involvements and expectations of equal- co-parenting”(Morrel,2012:17). This is because having a more involved father can have positive influence on the child by enabling them good father in future and be able to construct their self-esteem in relation to the positive guidance they receive from their …show more content…

hence, the specific research question related to this issues is : How do first time absent fathers establish emotional and meaningful relationships with their children?. This is because even though there are potential benefits to having father who provide for their children finically. It is also of outmost significance to access their paternal involvement in their children’s lives which may include the nurturing role(Morrel, 2012). The second of the study is to explore the effect of absent fathers in their children’s live. We are more interested in the way they relate with their peers, deal with conflicts and the ways they engage with their parent. Hence the specific research question is: How does growing up with an absent father affect ones relations with

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