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Over recent years, the interaction between pediatrics and child psychiatry has developed considerably especially in the field of neonatology. A multidisciplinary reflexion on the psychological well-being of the child and his parents in the case of a premature birth has emerged. Many studies have been done from the maternal standpoint following a premature birth. This study focused on the father’s role after this event. We analysed the language of four fathers of premature children, based on a semistructured interview, which took place when the child was 42 weeks old. We were surprised in that the premature birth had a much less dramatic effect on them, as compared to the mothers, enabling them rapidly to become functional and to undertake a truly alternative role in the interaction between mother and child. The psychological dynamics of these fathers enabled us to tune into finer aspects of the paternal function, in particular his influence on the stability of the couple as parents.