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Finding Our Fathers

How A Man's Life Is Shaped By His Relationship With His Father

By Samuel Osherson, Ph.D.

According to the author, men's early and on-going relationships with
their fathers shape the intimacy and work dilemmas men coming of age
today face.
True  
False  

 
According to the author, men often mididentify with their fathers,
crippling their identities as men.
TRUE  
FALSE  

 
Becoming a father may spark an identity struggle for men.
True  
False  

 
Many people believe than men care more than women about love.
True  
False  

 
Part of what gets in the way of reconciliation between fathers and sons
is our conflict around separating from our mothers.
True  
False  

 
When a man says he can't love his children because he wasnt loved well
enough, it is the wounded father he is struggling with.
True  
False  

 
For a son who grows up with the experience of the all-suffering father,
suffering and entrapment may seem the male fate.
True  
False  

 
Children rarely become ideal or surrogate partners for their parents.
True  
False  

 
Sons and fathers often have to act out their struggles indirectly or
symbolically.
True  
False  

 
The author emphasizes men's need to heal the wounded father within.
True  
False  

 
The feeling of neglect is a problem only for men in traditional
marriages whose wives go back to work after the kids are grown.
True  
False  

 
Only a minority of women in most recent studies report depression when
their children grow up.
True  
False  

 
Very few men attempt to avoid the feelings created by changes within
their families by working harder on their careers.
True  
False  

 
Reproductive difficulties can help heal the wounded father within our
hearts by leading us to understand that pain and vulnerability are a
part of life, not a badge of failure.
True  
False  

 
Child psychologist, Dr. Bruno Bettelheim urges us to dismiss children's
fairy tales.
True  
False  

 
The real-life vulnerabilities and sense of neediness of men during
pregnancy also lie in the recognition that they have become dependent on
the fetus.
True  
False  

 
Rarely do social cues push men toward trying to act instrumental and in
control during pregnancy.
True  
False  

 
In several studies of new parents, the wives report that the primary
negative impact of the child is on their work life.
True  
False  

 
The wife-as-family-expert pattern is a big trap for many husbands.
True  
False  

 
It is not essential to remember that men have much to gain from
tolerating the discomfort of getting into their families.
True  
False  

 
According to the author, many new fathers he has spoken with, of spoken
of how hard it is to take care of their kids when their wife is around.
True  
False  

 
Healing a wounded father may not come in actual dialogue with him.
True  
False