This article examines support mechanisms for the fathering role. Results come from interviews conducted with 15 fathers and 11 practitioners. Both groups gave their opinion on different services potentially offered to the population of fathers. We also looked at fathers’s informal support networks. Results reveal that practitioners have a different idea than fathers about the type of support to offer to fathers. Data on informal support indicate that fathers rely primarily on their spouse for help. They refer much less to their family and friends. They generally don’t want to participate in activities organized by social services. The discussion explores the ways in which fathers can receive support from outside the household without threatening their reluctance to ask for help in the context of social services.