“…For many of them, divorce was not only a challenge but also a new opportunity and possibility for new kinds of fathering and self-development (Tereškinas & Maslauskaitė, 2019). Sorokinaite and Sondaite (2023), based on the results of their qualitative study on co-parenting after divorce, argue that co-parenting is predominantly initiated by fathers, providing further insights into the changing needs of males in the current Lithuanian society.…”