For the Love of Fatherhood with Alex Dobrenko`

“So, we have known each other for a long time, then,” he said, putting his hand on my shoulder. “Yes, I think we have,” I replied. We stood next to each other in silence, his hand still resting on my shoulder. He turned to leave the room. “It’s strange, what a father will do for his son, and how that affects them later,” he said.

Emotionally strong males are

• Resourcefulhaving the ability to name and navigate emotions


• Aware-having a rich interior world, including strengths and weaknesses


• Resilient-having the capacity to cope and feel competent


• Empathetic-having an ability to understand and share the feelings of another

In addition, children of both sexes often have to contend with the relative emotional absence of their fathers, who, by choice, emotional disability, social role, or economic necessity, have ceded the primary caretaker role in the family to the mother.