Fathers’ roles in the process of talent developmen

Authors: SeonYoung Lee

Publish Date: 2010/09/04

Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 497-513

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Abstract

In the process of children’s talent development fathers have been largely ignored compared to mothers who are mostly identified as the initial and primary influence for their children Though modern fathers are becoming more engaged in childrearing and interacting more with their children and changes in family systems lead to new challenges and demands for defining parental roles today fathers are still predominately portrayed as the principal breadwinners of families Literature including both empirical and anecdotal data has documented positive and promising outcomes of paternal involvement for children’s talent development though fathers’ roles are not always differentiated from mothers’ roles and little research studied fathers and gifted children exclusively This paper includes a comprehensive review of fathers’ contributions to children’s talent development and discussion about issues and suggestions for research involving fathers and talent development1 Part of this manuscript is based on the literature review section of the following unpublished dissertation Lee SY 2002 Family perceptions of the fathers roles in the talent development of gifted girls Unpublished Doctoral dissertation University of Georgia Athens 2 This study was supported by Yonsei University’s New Faculty Research Grant

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