father
Also known as dad, daddy, papa, fathers, pop, pa, Ahnentafel 2, old man
thumb|Father and child A father, dad, or daddy is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his child or children, fathers may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with their child or children that carries with it certain rights and obligations.
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A father is the male parent of a child, often called a dad or daddy. Beyond the biological relationship, fathers typically have legal, social, and parental responsibilities toward their children, which come with both rights and obligations.
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Research
62,300 papers- Father's influence on breastfeeding continuity or interruption: meta-synthesis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Alvarenga WA, Gomes TRDC, Silva CHRD et al.DOI: 10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2024-0303en
- Father-Inclusive Perinatal Parent Education Programs: A Systematic Review.Pediatrics · 2018Lee JY, Knauer HA, Lee SJ et al.DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0437
- A father's grief.JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants · 2024Maurer BTDOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000030
- (Unpacking) father involvement in the context of childhood neurodisability research: a scoping review.Disability and rehabilitation · 2019Bogossian A, King G, Lach LM et al.DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1370497
- Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of human father-child rough-and-tumble play.
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Determination of fatherhood
- Responsible and positive parenting
- Paternal rights
- Role of the father
- Fatherhood in the Western World
- Importance of father or father-figure
- History of fatherhood
- Patricide
- Terminology
- Biological fathers
- Non-biological (social and legal relationship)
- Fatherhood defined by contact level
- Non-human fatherhood
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|Father and child A father, dad, or daddy is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his child or children, fathers may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with their child or children that carries with it certain rights and obligations.
A biological father is the male genetic contributor to the creation of the child, through sexual intercourse or sperm donation. A biological father may have legal obligations to a child not raised by him, such as an obligation of monetary support. A putative father is a man whose biological relationship to a child is alleged but has not been established.