The topic of this thesis is the father's understanding of the (un)specificity of the father's parental role within the family. In the theoretical part of the paper, I offer various definitions of fathers. Gender and parental roles of men/fathers and women/mothers are also discussed through the lenses of essentialism and egalitarianism. I offer an overview of the factors that can influence the formation of the father's parental role and mention the positive effects of fathers' involvement for children and the family. Finally, I provide a brief overview of research already conducted with fathers. In the empirical part of the paper, I present the research problem and describe the walking interview as a research method. For data analysis, I use thematic analysis. The aim of the research was to examine how fathers understand the (un)specificity of the parental role of fathers in relation to the parental roles of mothers within the context in which they live and what social factors and influences they recognize in such shaping of parental roles. 7 fathers who have children under the age of 11 took part in the interview. The results show that fathers recognize certain specificities in their parental role in relation to the roles of mothers, but they see parenting as a joint activity of both fathers and mothers. Although the fathers in the research believe that society cannot, or rather should not, influence an individual as a parent, it is recognized that society diminishes the role of fathers in relation to the role of mothers. But they also note that fathers today have more opportunities to get involved in raising children than before.