The traditional father's role as the provider of the family has been replaced by co-parenting and the active father's role in raising children. Nowadays, more attention is devoted to modern fathers who, along with the mother, take care of their children and more scientists are devoting research to the father's role and influence on the child's development and growth. This review aims to show father's role in raising children through the findings so far. This article presents fatherhood through the family, active co-parenting, and also through the model and scale of fatherhood. Likewise, the article shows the involvement and role of fathers in raising children through activity, amount of time and quality of the father-child relationship, as well as the impact of the father's presence or absence on the socio-emotional and academic development of children. A lot of research emphasizes the importance of fathers' involvement in raising children ; it is necessary to educate fathers about adequate parenting, raise awareness of the positive effects of their presence in child development, and encourage them to actively co-parent so that children can grow up in an adequate family environment.