This study is aimed to determine the relation among fathers’ rejective parenting style, fathers’
community spirit, and their children’s humanity. We also examined whether fathers’ community
spirit mediates the association between fathers’ rejective parenting style and children’s humanity.
The study used data from 207 4-to 5-year-old children and their fathers from a kindergarten located
in Seoul, South Korea. We estimated Cronbach's α and Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and
employed a two-way ANOVA and a multiple regression analysis. In addition, a Sobel test was
conducted to examine the mediation effect. The results are as follows. First, There were no
significant differences in fathers’ rejective parenting style, fathers’ community spirit, and their
children’s humanity by children’s sex and age. Second, children’s humanity was negatively related to
fathers’ rejective parenting style and positively related to fathers’ community spirit. That is,
children’s humanity can be improved further by lowering fathers’ rejective parenting style and
increasing fathers’community spirit. Third, our results showed that fathers’ community spirit
mediated the association between fathers’ rejective parenting style and their children’s humanity.