Mentoring Through The Maze

The Identity Shift Fathers Face When Their Children Become Teenagers

A father and teenage son sitting in silence in a car, showing the identity shift fathers face when children become teenagers

What is the identity shift fathers face when children become teenagers? The identity shift fathers face when their children become teenagers is a move from being needed for direct care, authority, protection, and problem-solving to being needed for availability, trust, repair, and relationship. Many fathers struggle with this change because the old role gave them […]