Fatherhood and The Value of Rough and Tumble Play

Dr. Mark Vander Ley Discusses Fatherhood, Attachment theory, and the value of rough and tumble play

on this episode Dr. Vander Ley will discuss:

1.Historical and religious motifs of fatherhood

      Moral teacher guide

      Distant breadwinner 

      New nurturant father

2. Father as a picture of Gods’ grace

3. Fathers through an attachment lens

     Mother-child attachment relationship compared to the Father-child activation relationship

     Different but complementary ways of building parent-child attachment 

      Fathers often spend more time in play than caretaking

4. The role of physical play is important 

     Challenge in the context of safety 

     Rough and tumble play

     Mutual enjoyment of physical play

     Competition skills-how to handle conflict in socially acceptable way

I LOVE YOU. I am Stronger than you 

 

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