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
