new kittens and my male cat

my mama had her first litter yesterday..mama and dad get along great obviously thats how she had her litter lmao...anyhow since she gave birth we have locked her and kitties up...now when will it be safe to let her roan freely around the house,will he hurt is babies???? i am so closterfobic but the only free room to keep her in is my room and i hate being locked up in here with her and babies,but i dont want to risk him hurting them either....now when we got my son kitten at 6 wks old the male cat took him under his wing right away,but these kittens are just a day old any advice please

Congratulations on your new kitties,I don't really have any advice ,I always seem to get the pregnant strays,I have tryed to keep them seperate from my other cats, when the kittens come,just because the mother gets so upset if any other cats come within 4 feet of the kittens.If another cat comes around the kittens too much ,the mother cat will just move them somewhere else.I have never heard of a father cat doing any harm to kittens.Mother cats are very fierce.Good luck.Darlilly