# To Understand about Fatherhood. **Objectives**: - My curiosity was triggered by observation of patients. ([Reflection on Fatherhood and Motherhood.](evernote:///view/463671/s5/932dd9df-8272-4773-a191-e4eab2ed525f/964e14b4-10bc-444e-a5d9-b5095e872cca)) "Patients looking for reparenting" my supervisor told me. Thus i wonder, if I, a single man, can be a "father" to others? - What does being a good (enough) father mean? What quality does fathers possess? - How is fatherhood being defined, from christian, secular, different cultural perspective? - What is the difference between the role of a mother, father, uncle, aunt etc? **Key Motivators** **Resources / Links** - Book [[202202061013 Book Note for Father Hunger (James Herzog)]] **Curiosities** - Masculinity  - Father and Son relationship may influence the view of masculinity, and that influence relationships, individual psyche.  - Gender Studies - Sexuality Notes: [[Father Absence]] [[C202003052037 Father role on emotional regulation. Help child resolve mother-child symbiosis]] [[C202003052054 Differentiation, and sense of self. Mother withdraw. father intrude.]] [[C202003052104 how child's self-representation develop]] [[C202003052004 Parents unconsciously project expectations beliefs on offspring]] [[F202003051039 Where does desire to protect someone come from]] [[C202003231301 In intensive therapy work, watch out for transference and enactment processes]]