Kontakt 2006, 8(1):99-105 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.016

Role of the father as a factor affecting the child developmentHealth and Social Sciences

Michaela Šimková*, Adéla Kubičková
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce a sociální politiky

The contemporary role of fathers may be understood as so called crisis of fathers due to the fact that the fathers have lost many things that formed their status. Roles fulfilled by father and mother in the child life are different, but this does not mean that either of them is more or less important. The smallest participation of fathers in taking care of children is characteristic for their earliest age. This participation is typically enhanced when the child starts walking and speaking. Their largest contribution to the child upbringing takes place in the child age up to 15 years. Numerous psychological investigations demonstrated that the period of the preschool age is extraordinarily important, if not critical, for the creation of parent attitudes. Some fathers state that they would be happy, if they were able to take more care of their children, but as husbands and fathers they are due to support the family. Their behaviour is determined by the structure of the labour market in our country. The target of the research implemented was to provide mapping of opinions of the public concerning the role of fathers in the family as a factor affecting the child life. Anonymous examination based on the use of on-line questionnaires was being performed from October through December 2005 in the city of Strakonice. The rate of the return of the questionnaires was of 66%. The sample examined comprised 201 respondents. The results of the research suggested that 50.5% of respondents consider the roles of men and women as equivalent. Forty-five percent of respondents considered the role of men to be inferior to that of women.

Keywords: role of fathers; family; child development; gender roles

Published: May 26, 2006  Show citation

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Šimková M, Kubičková A. Role of the father as a factor affecting the child development. Kontakt. 2006;8(1):99-105. doi: 10.32725/kont.2006.016.
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