The First Duty Of A Father
Recently, we celebrated the Fathers' Day worldwide. It was just one of those days you take a cursory look at who your father had been, influencing yo become whom you are. Or a day when you appraise yourself as a father, what you have done to be called a father, your responsibilities as a father, whether you have failed in it or you have payed the role perfectly.
Whatever your result from the self-appraisal, it is necessary to play a responsible role as a parent to your wards, that's all that counts in the end.
The duties of the father is so numerous by social norms. Amongst others, he is to provide a comfortable home front for the family. A home that is worthy to be so-called.
During the acclaimed Fathers' Day, father called out all his children as a measure of self-appraisal. He asked them to say the most important thing they have received from him as a father. Their responses was nor bad at all.
The first son said the best thing he has received from his father is the quality education he had gotten. We attended the best primary, secondary and university around. Only a good father would have thought to do such for his wards. As much as the father has the responsibility to do all that he told his son that isn't the best thing he has done for them.
The next child tried responding to the father's question, he said the best thing their father had given them is morals. They had been good boys courtesy disciplinarian lifestyle had lived with them. Yet the father said that isn't the best thing he has done for them even though they have been brought up to e disciplined.
The next some came up with the idea that their father had built a magnificent home for the family and that they have been living in comfort, at least for their level of life. The father still said that isn't the best thing he has done for them.
With much ado, the father told them that the best thing he did was to marry a food wife, thereby, giving a worthy mother, their mother. They all looked astonished and thought that is true. Their mother had been very supportive and motherly too.
It takes two to tango.
In bringing up children, the parents, father and mother must be in one accord and speak or act with one voice. The celebration of Fathers' Day cannot be done in isolation, the mother's role is reflective in the father's role and vice versa.
If you were asked the same question, would you be able to give a convincing answer of the roles you have played as a father.
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STOPThis is a great way to celebrate the father's day. I my country it is not so popular but for sure it must be celebrated!
You are right. The man is very coorect because without a good wife and one who understands and can support, those things the children mentioned wouldn't have come to pass. If there is disagreement in the house everyday, it will affect the Children morally, academically and every area too.
I wouldn't have given a sufficing answer as this if I had been asked the same by my dad but now that I think of it, it's a very good thing for a child to be brought up under the joint tutelage of both the father and mother. Like you said, it takes two to tango and two heads are better than one
Without the assistance of a good wife, a father can't become idealistic for his offspring. My father did all the struggle he admits that the real teachings and parenting were done by his wife.
So you have related it perfectly both have a mutual response in parenting aspects.
Certainly the role of the mother is as important as a father's, in fact just one being exemplary while the other messes around cannot make for a great family. The meaning of being a family happens only when one validates the other.
well I made mistakes growing up as a young child but if I was to speak of my dad only one word would describe him best a HERO.
To become a responsible father is not an easy task, some people are called themselves father, but did not cat as one.
Everything should not be left for the mother alone, the father also have a vital role to play in the upbringing of a child.
As a father , we should ask our self too, what will my children say about me , will they be proud to have me as father or not?
Nice article to talk about !
Thank you for understanding the concept and bringing to fore what idea you have got.
The place of the father in the life of kids is huge but cannot be achieved in isolation. The mother is a figure that plays along with the father.
We owe our mothers a lot of appreciation for being by our fathers.
Mothers are always there to be in support of fathers in everything that he do, just on a sentence... The both work hand in hand to build a solid home.