THE FATHER´S ROLE IN CURRENT FAMILY

This bachelor thesis deals with role of father in contemporary family. The theoretical part consists of three chapters. The first chapter deals with family, its functions and characteristics with regard to the present. The second chapter is focused on parenting. Attention is especially devoted to father, his tasks in child's life, differences in father-son and father-daughter relationship and absence of the father in child´s life. The third chapter deals with issue of gender and gender roles, with an emphasis on the role of father and its variability. The research part compares the role of the father in the individual families with the help of case studies and also deals with differences and common features within these families