Dad's seen as impartial -- safe somehow (13)
I believe the answer is:
paterfamilias
'dad's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'impartial safe somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'impartial'+'safe'='impartialsafe'
'impartialsafe' anagrammed gives 'PATERFAMILIAS'.
'seen as' is the link.
(Other definitions for paterfamilias that I've seen before include "Male head of a household" , "boss" , "Father as head of the household" , "Classically, the head of the household" .)