I don't think we realize how important the father is in the family. In childhood I thought of my father as our protector. He kept us safe from harm. The father sets the standards for behavior within the family. Children need their father's approval as much as they need his love. peace, bybee
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My father died at a young age, he was 44, I was 13, then from that point on my example of guardian, guide and stay was gone. So at that time seeing the purpose and role of a father was quite diminished.
For me it's always been far too easy to suspect the father's role should be as was portrayed to me by my own father. The father's role is an ideal that not many can live up to without first having the proper model to learn from.
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To live to my father's role, of what I can remember, would have been difficult. He was a just and a fair man; one thing that I grasped was — Keep your word.
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The significance and role of the father within the family unit.
To be the head of the family, with wisdom and understanding, to be a protector and provider, to love all of his family and act accordingly in both private and public. I made it a point that our children would see that I do love their mother with unaltered affection and inalienable love.
I have seen many examples before I became a father, but grasp the the significance and role of the father within the family, I had to become one. I cannot say that I have done all that well at being a father, but I can say this, I have three children that I love dearly, along with their spouses, and our grandchildren and great grandchildren.
That is all I can add to the subject.