Fathering Empathy and the new model of fatherhood
Abstract
One of the most significant advancements in the roles and responsibilities of families of the last three decades has been the newly elaborated model of paternity called “New Father”. Traditionally, investigations on the family have been concerned largely with the mother and child bond, while neglecting the strength-generating, positive contributions that a father can make to the life of his newborn child and to his future development as an adult. Within the scope of Positive Psychology, this exploratory assignment is part of the preparatory research for the elaboration of a thesis on the new model of fatherhood, diverging from other known previous research on the grounds that this is a local study and based on the opinions of sons and daughters. As results of the Contents Analysis of in-depth interviews held with both male and female youngsters aging 18-24 years old of the city of Buenos Aires showed that children expect their parents to be able to accurately perceive their internal frame of reference with its emotional meanings and components. This has been provisionally named Fathering Empathy, which presence is attributed with different positive effects in the life of children.
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