Childhood experiences of sexual abuse can profoundly impact parenting. This chapter focuses on men with such experiences and explores the unique and profound challenges they face in their journey through fatherhood in Sweden. The research, based on interviews with ten men, reveals how fatherhood triggers their traumatic memories and leads to difficulties in managing emotions, discomfort with physical affection and tendencies to be overly protective of their children. The chapter discusses the complexities of disclosing abuse to their children and partners, as well as the fear of judgement or misunderstanding. The results demonstrate that Swedish policies promoting involved and nurturing fatherhood create expectations that can be particularly demanding for men with histories of abuse. However, these policies also encouraged the fathers to develop closer connections with their children by negotiating everyday practices of care, which in turn initiated a healing process. The fathers showed deep motivation to end cycles of abuse and ensure that their children had a safer, healthier upbringing than they experienced.