FATHERS' EMOTIONAL TIES TO THEIR FAMILIES.

• Position: Father's Day, analysis - Brief Article

The emotional value of men is becoming more important on Father's Day, according to Robert Billingham, professor of human development and family studies, Indiana University, Bloomington. "Once mothers began working outside of the family, fathers became more involved inside of the family. We began to see that, as men and women became more alike in the workplace, they also were becoming more alike in terms of their emotional connections within the family? Fathers are thus being viewed more broadly than as the primary breadwinners and disciplinarians.

Meanwhile, Father's Day is now seen "more and more as an emotional day rather than as a `gag' day when dads receive a...