Supporting Fathers in the Transition to Parenthood

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ABSTRACT

Knowledge of the experience of parenthood is usually from a woman's perspective. The resulting outcome is that knowledge about the experience of fatherhood has been limited. Fathers are starting to change this situation by sharing their experience as is evidenced by the overall response of 267 fathers to this study.This paper focuses on the exploration of 22 men's feelings and beliefs about fatherhood; and their expectations and views about parenting.The paper will also investigate how fathers' antenatal expectations matched the reality of early family life including emotional well-being, attitudes to parenting, adjustment to family life and sources of support.The …