The paper presents the results of a study on fathers' engagement in caregiving and household tasks and their perception of a father's role in the household. The aim of the paper is to find out what fathers perceive as >>being responsible<< and how their perception is related to their engagement and role in the household. Therefore, we carried out research among employed or self-employed men, living with their female partners and children in the same household. The research was carried out in September 2019 in a Central European country (Slovenia). Results of our research support the stereotypic classification of household tasks in terms of gender. Fathers who consider participation in care and upbringing of children as a relevant aspect of a responsible father more frequently do housekeeping, washing the dishes (washing and stacking), garbage collection and hanging up and collecting laundry. Fathers who consider financial support as a relevant aspect of a responsible father more frequently pay the bills; they also agree that a mother is considered to be much more burdened with regard to unpaid work than a father. Keywords: childcare, household task, mother, father, work-life balance. U radu se predstavljaju rezultati istraživanja o sudjelovanju oceva u skrbi za djecu i kucanskim poslovima te o njihovom shvacanju uloge oca u obitelji. Cilj rada je istražiti što ocevi smatraju >>odgovornim ponašanjem<< i kako je njihovo poimanje istog povezano s njihovim angažmanom i ulogom u kucanstvu. Stoga smo proveli istraživanje medu zaposlenim i samozaposlenim muškarcima koji žive u istom kucanstvu sa svojim partnericama i djecom. Istraživanje je provedeno u rujnu 2019. godine u srednjoeuropskoj zemlji (Sloveniji). Rezultati istraživanja podupiru stereotipnu klasifikaciju kucanskih poslova s obzirom na spol. Ocevi koji smatraju sudjelovanje u skrbi za djecu i odgoju djece važnim aspektom odgovornog ocinstva cešce održavaju dom, peru sude (pranje i slaganje suda), iznose smece, vješaju i pospremaju opranu odjecu. Ocevi koji smatraju financijsku potporu važnim aspektom odgovornog ocinstva cešce placaju racune; i oni se slažu da je majka opterecenija neplacenim poslom nego što je to otac. Kljucne rijeci: skrb za djecu, kucanski posao, majka, otac, uskladivanje privatnog i poslovnog života.