Research paper from 2006 in the field of sociology - family, women, men, sexuality, gender, grade: 1, language: German, abstract: When I asked my husband to take our daughter to the swimming class for babies and toddlers at the indoor pool, he laughed and said, "Of course. This will be a new challenge for both of us!" Every Friday afternoon, he was the only father in an otherwise all-mother-and-child group. After I sent the first photos of my proud family swimming team to Grandma, I received the following postal response: "Thank you for the photos. I always wished your father had spent that much time with you. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible in our time..." Numerous studies and articles focus intensively on the development and transformation of the concept of fatherhood. Keywords such as "new fathers," "father roles," and "father images" are of central importance.