Ronald Levant, Ph.D., Editor of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity, talked to Lon Woodbury, from Parent Choices for Struggling Teens" on L.A. Talk Radio, about how to answer the question: What does it mean to be a father?"
Lon Woodbury has actually assisted families and struggling adolescents as far back as 1984, and today he works as an educational consulting professional. He is the host of "Parent Choices for Struggling Teens", is the author of Woodbury Reports, Inc., founder of an organization to help struggling adolescents, and a respected author.
About Dr. Levant
A doctor in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University, Dr. Ronald Levant is a psychology professor at the University of Akron and Editor of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity,
Shifting Perspectives on Fathers
Dr. Levant remembered a series of lessons that he had offered in the eighties on the changing role of fathers and believes that it played its part in creating a broader concept of the role of fathers. Things have changed and now more fathers recognize the need to prep their kids for school in the morning and are quite willing to make supper for them at nights. In fact, fatherhood has actually changed substantially since the days of Leave It to Beaver," and now the roles of husband and wife are more or less interchangeable when it comes to child rearing.
But these changes are only happening in pockets of American culture. Corporate attitudes in America are slow to recognize that fathers need family time," said Dr. Levant. He said that broadminded men who wanted to play a bigger role in their children's lives were still often not respected in much of mainstream culture.
In several families both parents wanted to carry the children, console young children, and take their children to group sporting events or various other practice sessions. So, in spite of a bias against men who intended to be much more involved in meeting their youngster's emotional needs, the difference between mothers and fathers was dwindling noticeably, and
Tragically, after a divorce, almost half of the fathers remained separated from their kids. Youngsters needed their parents to be there for them as they matured, and the absence of dads, and even moms, produced emotional damage. Because one one-half of marriages statistically ended up in a messy breakup, this degree of emotional injury to children was fairly pervasive throughout American culture.
From absent dads to visitation dads, separation led to all sorts of issues. Occasionally, too, fathers were offered custody when the mother was considered incompetent by the court. Contributing to this psychological complication for children was the entire concept of combined families, stay-at-home fathers, and gay parents.
Lon Woodbury has actually assisted families and struggling adolescents as far back as 1984, and today he works as an educational consulting professional. He is the host of "Parent Choices for Struggling Teens", is the author of Woodbury Reports, Inc., founder of an organization to help struggling adolescents, and a respected author.
About Dr. Levant
A doctor in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University, Dr. Ronald Levant is a psychology professor at the University of Akron and Editor of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity,
Shifting Perspectives on Fathers
Dr. Levant remembered a series of lessons that he had offered in the eighties on the changing role of fathers and believes that it played its part in creating a broader concept of the role of fathers. Things have changed and now more fathers recognize the need to prep their kids for school in the morning and are quite willing to make supper for them at nights. In fact, fatherhood has actually changed substantially since the days of Leave It to Beaver," and now the roles of husband and wife are more or less interchangeable when it comes to child rearing.
But these changes are only happening in pockets of American culture. Corporate attitudes in America are slow to recognize that fathers need family time," said Dr. Levant. He said that broadminded men who wanted to play a bigger role in their children's lives were still often not respected in much of mainstream culture.
In several families both parents wanted to carry the children, console young children, and take their children to group sporting events or various other practice sessions. So, in spite of a bias against men who intended to be much more involved in meeting their youngster's emotional needs, the difference between mothers and fathers was dwindling noticeably, and
Tragically, after a divorce, almost half of the fathers remained separated from their kids. Youngsters needed their parents to be there for them as they matured, and the absence of dads, and even moms, produced emotional damage. Because one one-half of marriages statistically ended up in a messy breakup, this degree of emotional injury to children was fairly pervasive throughout American culture.
From absent dads to visitation dads, separation led to all sorts of issues. Occasionally, too, fathers were offered custody when the mother was considered incompetent by the court. Contributing to this psychological complication for children was the entire concept of combined families, stay-at-home fathers, and gay parents.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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