RT PsychCentral: Three Crucial Challenges for Today’s Fathers
children’s well-being. Fathers play a unique role in their child’s life and, as times change and roles evolve, new challenges arise.
Also, proactive parenting means discipline is about teaching rather than punishment. Fathers can make a significant impact by focusing on the principles of authoritative parenting. This encompasses teaching what you want your children to be able to know and to do rather than focusing on managing negative behaviors.
2. Developing as an AdultThe stages of child development are well-documented. Less attention has been paid to stages of adult development, often presented as a one-size fits all from post-adolescence onward. A profound reason is that at some point adult development is optional and requires a proactive choice, one based in vision and potential. Fathers can choose this developmental arc, one that enriches experience and broadens knowledge and abilities in the role.
The developmental path requires fathers to consider these aspects and take a more self-authoring role based in self-identified values. While this concept is simplified, development proceeds in complexity in the intrapersonal and interpersonal realms, centered on our way of knowing and meaning-making . Generally, adults mature in a progression:
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