Pater Familias, Papà, Daddy. Changes in Fatherhood and Fathering Across Italian American Generations

This contribution aims to analyze how fatherhood and fathers’ parental involvement have changed over time in different generations of Italian Americans by looking at the patterns that emerge from the literature, starting from the period of the great migration to the United States and up to the present day. With regard to the current situation, some results are presented from a survey conducted on a sample of young Italian Americans aged between 18 and 34 years, with the aim of highlighting continuity and changes in how children identified with their own parents.The specific analysis of the US context will be preceded by a discussion of some of the most significant issues in the current debate on fatherhood.