If someone says they are not OK, what happens next? Is there room to listen without immediately questioning their reliability? Can workload, deadlines or role expectations be examined without framing the person as the problem? Are confidential pathways to support available? Does the leader know where their responsibility ends and professional care begins?

Fatherhood has undergone an extraordinary cultural renegotiation. Within only a few generations, the social expectations placed upon fathers have expanded dramatically. The old script was comparatively narrow: provide, protect, discipline, endure. Contemporary fatherhood asks considerably more. Fathers are now expected to be emotionally present, psychologically literate, domestically engaged, relationally skilled and active participants in the everyday lives of their children