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.ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Paquette D, StGeorge JMDOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105151
The Effect of a Father's Support on Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2022Koksal I, Acikgoz A, Cakirli MDOI: 10.1089/bfm.2022.0058
Fathers' involvement and children's developmental outcomes: a systematic review of longitudinal studies.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2008Sarkadi A, Kristiansson R, Oberklaid F et al.DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00572.x
Safe Father-Child Contact Postseparation in Situations of Intimate Partner Violence and Positive Fathering Skills: A Literature Review.ReviewTrauma, violence & abuse · 2021Turhan ZDOI: 10.1177/1524838019888554

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P8168: Bullion
Commons category: Fathers
exact match: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/turkforms.php?form=fatherfather
kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata: ?person wdt:P22 ?relative
family relationship degree: 1

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Contents

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

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.