Objective: This study is to examine the associations between fathers’values and
future expectations on children and their self-evaluated equivalence to their
spouses in child rearing practices.
Methods: The data were from 997 fathers with young children who participated
in the Panel Study of Korean Children (2013). The associations between
variables were analyzed with frequency, correlations and hierarchical analysis
using SPSS 20 Program.
Results: Fathers with emotional values on children or future expectations focused
on their children’s happiness and altruism are more willing to share child raring
practices with their partners. In contrast, fathers with expectation focused on
future financial success of their children are less willing to share parenting with
their partners.
Conclusion/Implications: Fathers’values and future expectations for their
children are meaningful predictors of shared parenting in married couples with
young children. However, the directions of associations differ based on which
types of values and future exportations fathers have regarding their children.