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What does fatherhood mean?
Fatherhood is the state of being a father.
A person enters fatherhood when they become a father. This most commonly happens when their child is born, but it can also happen through adoption or by marrying or becoming a partner to someone with children.
Fatherhood is a gender-specific version of the term parenthood.
Less commonly, fatherhood can refer to all fathers collectively, as in You wonât find a better dad in all of fatherhood.Â
Example: People who have not experienced fatherhood probably shouldnât be so quick to criticize how dads parent their children.
Where does fatherhood come from?
The first records of the word fatherhood come from around 1400. The suffix -hood indicates a state or conditionâin this case, the state of being a father. Itâs used in the same way in words like motherhood, parenthood, adulthood, and childhood.
Unlike adulthood, the start of fatherhood is very definiteâit begins when a person becomes a father. After that, most fathers consider fatherhood to be a permanent state that lasts even after their children have grown up. In other words, once you become a father, you never stop being one. Fatherhood is usually considered very challenging due to all the difficulties of raising children, but itâs usually also considered very rewarding. Itâs the toughest job youâll ever love, as the saying goes.
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How is fatherhood used in real life?
The word fatherhood is often associated with the many challenges that it involves.
The joys and challenges of black fatherhood – through the lens of NBA dads – via @ESPN App https://t.co/oVHvDdEHkx
— Wynne (@wynnetj55) November 18, 2020
Seeing your brothers/sisters enter fatherhood/motherhood is by far one the greatest gifts of life đđ#OMM
— #LakersIn4 (@MrLee_02) January 2, 2019
Iâm grateful for adoption and the gift of Fatherhood. #givethanks pic.twitter.com/Dk20ZdHcFh
— Camren Applegate (@CamrenApplegate) November 20, 2020
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True or False?
Fatherhood is usually thought to end when a fatherâs child is an adult.