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How Fathers Can Step Up to Fathering

When our oldest son was 2, my wife went with their children as do the mothers,
out of town for a weekend. When a friend according to three independent
of hers called and I told her she was out surveys.Now here's the fact that shocks
of town, she said"So you're home me - and to which knowing mothers
baby-sitting."My response was"No, I'm everywhere will attest -researchers have
home being a father."I'm sure my wife's found no single child-rearing task for
friend meant no harm. It's just that I which fathers bear primary
dislike the assumption that if a father responsibility.There's something
is with his children without his wife, screamingly, horribly, terribly wrong
then he is baby-sitting.Not so.He is here.At the same time, there is more good
being a father.It did get me thinking, news.More and more parents and
however, about the role of fathers in our professionals are making exciting
society.I suppose that I am one of the changes.One such change is the DADS
lucky ones. My dad was usually there for Family Project (Dads Actively Developing
me; I always knew he cared about me. He Stable Families) developed by therapists
was easy to please and I knew he was Larry Barlow and Art Cleveland.According
proud of me.I also know that there is a to Barlow and Cleveland, the program
growing number of children who have never focuses on ``understanding the fathering
had and may never have that received by the men in the group. We
experience.According to D. Blankenhorn in identify how to establish a safe and
the book ``Fatherless America: secure home. Bonding skills feature play
Confronting Our Most Urgent Social activities and communication training.
Problem,'' roughly 40 percent of American Also featured are effective discipline
children will go to sleep tonight in techniques and stress management.''Barlow
homes in which their fathers do no live. and Cleveland offer the following tips
Blankenhorn writes that ``never before in for fathers interested in fathering. I've
this country have so many children been added a few of my own as well.1) First,
voluntarily abandoned by their an attitude shift is required. Fathering
fathers.''That's strong language: is not a part-time job. It is full time,
``voluntarily abandoned.'' It conjures, both in attitude and in hands-on
at worst, pictures of biological fathers application.2) To paraphrase Margaret
who take absolutely no responsibility for Mead, ``the future of society rests on
a child or might not even know one exists the learned nurturing behavior of its
to, at best, fathers that leave a family men.'' Get involved with the nurturing of
through divorce, disappearance or some your children. This includes bathing,
other type of abandonment.But what about feeding, transporting, and all the events
the type of father who is there but not of their lives. These are not just
there? They might be physically present, mothering activities, they are parenting
but they're absent in an emotional, activities.3) Remember that fathering is
supportive sense.I believe that there are a process not an event. A process
many more of the there-but-not-there requires time.4) Consider how you were
fathers than those that literally abandon fathered. What do you want to do
their children.First, the good news.There differently and what do you want to do
have been improvements in the past 30 the same?If you have a child or children,
years. According to Time magazine, the then your challenge is to truly father
time fathers spend with their children your children, to be a father in the
increased by a third between the '60s and truest sense of the word. If you don't
the '80s.In addition, according to Time, have any children, then find a fatherless
in 1973 barely a quarter of fathers were kid who needs your attention.There are
present at the delivery of their people depending on you.Visit for tips
children, while today over three-quarters and tools for creating and growing a
are there for the birth.Now, the bad great relationship. You can also
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