Male Nurturance

A two-part, 45-minute activity designed to help fathers define and identify the difference between nurturing and non-nurturing parenting practices. Please see handouts for detailed instructions, activity pages, and group facilitation prompts. From The Nurturing Fathers Program.

Objectives

• To accept feelings as a normal aspect of human experience and to reflect on our ability to experience and express a wide range of feelings.
• To identify guidelines for relating to other people’s feelings in a nurturing way.
• To define the nurturing characteristics that are shared by both fathers/males and mothers/females.
• To identify the nurturing characteristics that exemplify the father/male style of parent.

Materials

• Male Nurturance Handout
• Pens

Instructions

1. Print enough handouts for the group. 
2. Follow handout instructions.