Consequently, there is very wide variation between fathers in degrees of involvement and the aspects of care they participate in. (Lamb, et al. 1987) Fathers are expected to be less involved than mothers and may see this as a hint that perhaps they should be less involved than mothers. Fathers will think to themselves, “am I not expected to be as involved in my child’s life because I shouldn’t be?” Systems within society are built to accommodate mothers and only acknowledge fathers. Meaning that almost all agencies from prevention to foster care operate with the strategy of reuniting child with mother while doing little more than getting information regarding father. In my personal experience, I’ve witnessed situations where a child comes into
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(YouTube, 2014) In these interviews, (YouTube, 2014), fathers speak openly and freely about the topic. No interviewer prompts are noted during the interviews, suggesting open interviewing rather than structured or even semi-structured forms.
Each video was transcribed and the transcriptions were compiled and coded. At first, open coding was used to highlight frequently occurring words. Open coding is generally the first step of the coding process, and also the most time consuming. After open coding was completed, similar words and ideas were grouped together, accomplishing axial coding. Through axial coding, some mezzo-level themes began to appear and the connections between the transcripts were gradually being forged. Upon completion of axial coding, selective coding was employed to pick out broader themes that connected to the overarching topic of fatherhood.
This sort of study warrants a qualitative method because of the nature of the interviews. A quantitative study for this sort of topic would miss a plethora of in-depth, detailed information. Since the topic of fatherhood and feelings related to it vary from person to person, the optimal way to capture the exact identity of those feelings is through a qualitative …show more content…
Given the nature of this program, there is no intention of establishing the value of fatherhood by diminishing the value of motherhood. As a result, there were some positive statements made by interviewees about co-parenting and the importance of such. A prominent sub-theme (axial code) of co-parenting was differences between the two parenting roles. Interviewees generally viewed their position to include teaching their child(ren) respect, treatment of others, etc. whereas their views on motherhood included teaching their child(ren) compassion, love, etc.
Finally, there were some children’s responses to fatherhood that appeared as a theme that further validated the importance of fatherhood today. Accounts by the children were all positive and highlighted a relationship with fathers that were clearly different that with mothers. There was more acknowledgement for fathers around learning life lessons and it appeared that children tended to think that fathers were more playful and goofy in comparison to mothers, allowing them to have a father who can, at times, play both the parent role and the peer
(YouTube, 2014) In these interviews, (YouTube, 2014), fathers speak openly and freely about the topic. No interviewer prompts are noted during the interviews, suggesting open interviewing rather than structured or even semi-structured forms.
Each video was transcribed and the transcriptions were compiled and coded. At first, open coding was used to highlight frequently occurring words. Open coding is generally the first step of the coding process, and also the most time consuming. After open coding was completed, similar words and ideas were grouped together, accomplishing axial coding. Through axial coding, some mezzo-level themes began to appear and the connections between the transcripts were gradually being forged. Upon completion of axial coding, selective coding was employed to pick out broader themes that connected to the overarching topic of fatherhood.
This sort of study warrants a qualitative method because of the nature of the interviews. A quantitative study for this sort of topic would miss a plethora of in-depth, detailed information. Since the topic of fatherhood and feelings related to it vary from person to person, the optimal way to capture the exact identity of those feelings is through a qualitative …show more content…
Given the nature of this program, there is no intention of establishing the value of fatherhood by diminishing the value of motherhood. As a result, there were some positive statements made by interviewees about co-parenting and the importance of such. A prominent sub-theme (axial code) of co-parenting was differences between the two parenting roles. Interviewees generally viewed their position to include teaching their child(ren) respect, treatment of others, etc. whereas their views on motherhood included teaching their child(ren) compassion, love, etc.
Finally, there were some children’s responses to fatherhood that appeared as a theme that further validated the importance of fatherhood today. Accounts by the children were all positive and highlighted a relationship with fathers that were clearly different that with mothers. There was more acknowledgement for fathers around learning life lessons and it appeared that children tended to think that fathers were more playful and goofy in comparison to mothers, allowing them to have a father who can, at times, play both the parent role and the peer