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Distant immigrant patriarch to expressive dad: Father school as gender boot camp

by Allen J. Kim, doctoral candidate, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

Across the United States and worldwide, a growing number of men are actively searching for the answer to the fundamental question: What does it mean to be a father today? Father School is a South Korean-inspired men’s movement that has been at the forefront of mobilizing immigrant and nonimmigrant fathers to become actively involved in their families.

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