The Changing Face of Fatherhood

I have very few peers who were raised by both parents; most of them lived through our parents’ divorces as kids. As a generation born in the midst of the divorce boom, we learned at least two things thoroughly; divorce is often the right choice (it certainly was in the case of my mom and dad), and divorce is potentially much harder on the kids than it is on the adults involved.
The New Dads grew up in houses mostly absent any stable father figure. These men are doing their part in authoring this new ending-as-beginning; they’re sticking around.
Even more impressively, they’re working with their baby-mommas to make it possible to co-parent with as much peace and agreement as possible. This isn’t always an easy task. After all, divorces happen for a reason. Couples grow apart.While the absence of a father figure in a man’s life can lead to confusion about what it means to be a dad, or even a man, there are a few elements working in the positive, and producing some really beautiful fathering by the men of Generations X and Y.
 The New Dad is nurturing, involved, sensitive, and engaged with his children.