Emotional dimensions of family life and particularly parenting have also been a significant research focus for several decades. The researchers analysed parent’s emotional investments and the transmission of different capitals through emotional work. Much attention has been paid to the relation of emotional capital and the reproduction of class. The link between class and emotional capital has been a significant research interest that demonstrated the relation between emotional capital and parenting styles. An interest in the emotional side of parenting has also been prompted by feminist theories that challenged the gendered division of emotional work. In continuing the tradition of qualitative research on the emotional dimension of parental involvement in childrearing, this presentation examines Lithuanian fathers’ emotional capital and its practical uses. How do men activate their emotional resources in facilitating close relationships with their children? What types of emotional investment do fathers favour? How do fathers’ perceptions of father-child relationships, including emotional sharing, close everyday interactions, and involvement in mutual activities, affect emotional capital? I will demonstrate how fathers mobilise emotional capital and manage their emotions in their fathering practices by answering these questions.