The Changing Role Of Fathers In The Last Thirty Years

The world is dynamic and has witnessed major changes over the foregone decades. Lifestyles have changed and so have priorities. The role of fathers has not been left ass too in the past leash decades fathers have changed greatly. This is an evolution that has been necessitated by the changes occurring in the various aspects of human lives and relations. Nothing would exemplify this change in roles than taking a critical look at the image and responsibilities of fathers in the 1970s. By then fathers were highly domineering and much of their meter was worn-out(a) working.They were judge to be the sole beneficiaries in the family. Fathers took c ar of the financial obligations such(prenominal) as school fees, bills, rent and early(a)s. Mothers were expected to play good housewives and restoration cargon of the children and the house. Respect and reverence characterized the fathers image they were warm to understand and were looked upon by everyone in the house. This is a role that would slowly and stepwise start changing on the 1980s probably as feminist movework forcet became institutionalized in almost all modern societies.Women were no chronic wiling to stay indoors watching the house and children. They were taking up more than than than challenging tasks that priory were a preserve of the men. This new(a)found competition would force men to adapt and start glide bying more time with their children. Fathers started organism more responsible and nurturing to their children, playing a visible role in their upbringing. hands at this time were no longer the sole breadwinners women were chipping in and meeting some of the costs of running the family and thus spending more time away from home.Men hence were forced to make concessions and play an quick role with the children. Nothing has seen a rapid evolution during the past three decades than the father involvement in their childrens lives. A study conducted by Levine and Pleck amongst others operationalizes the above fact. The study revealed that over the last recent decades, fathers were able to spend more time than before with an increase of over 10 percent. It is in any case this period that saw fathers watching over their children at home when their mothers are out working.(Levine, James and Pittnsky T. , 1997).The image of father across the 70s and the 80 changed considerably, but it is the late 90s and the last geezerhood of this millennium that has almost accorded modern fathers completely new roles that would have been unimaginable thirty years ago. It is not in question that fathers are no longer the breadwinners and the authoritative figures of the past. Parents are supporting each other financially, emotionally and in other essential cores of raising the families.Todays fathers are looking for their children and changing their diapers. They are taking the children to school and helping them with homework at home. They are as yet raising the children single handedly in case of death, separation or divorce of a spouse and doing a commendable job out of it. there are those that are divorced and granted periodic visitations, a new role that many are still grappling with. Being a good father is no longer defined along stinting lines only, it is a composite product of responsibility at home and organism there fore the children.Fathers are playing an important role and being more close to their children than before, their satisfaction according to surveys, emanates from spending more time with their families. Indeed the roles have changed. Men of today are supposed and expected by the society to take up more roles than before. They are no longer inhabited by the societal traditional norms that could see them set up a macho figure. In todays world, they are playing an active role bringing up the kids rather than sticking to the financial obligations alone.