Discuss how concepts of fatherhood and motherhood have changed over time.

The role of mothers and fathers it seems are constantly changing in our society and is individual to each family. In this essay I will attempt to gain a view of the concepts of both fatherhood and motherhood throughout history, however I will focus mainly on modern development. With regards modern issues I will be looking at the concept of the new dad, surrogate mothers and lone parent families and how concepts of motherhood and fatherhood have changed over time. It is important to note that with regards looking back over history it is very easy to generalize and a lot…(short extract)