Faith Matters
Fathers Do Matter; A Reason to Be Thankful
July 17th 2011 by Staff Writer
By "A Friend" from a CaringPages Blog"
It’s not an easy job, but like the Marines say, "it’s the toughest job you will ever love."
This is an incredible story about dads & their importance to the family. This was a CaringPages blog that was written by a friend in June 2010 as his own son is/was battling the
"BIG C"
....Well worth reading.
Not surprisingly, today I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the importance of Fathers. Sociological studies reveal this alarming fact: much of the crime and many of the behavioral disorders in the United States come from homes where the father has abandoned the children. In many societies the world over, child poverty, crime, drug abuse, and family decay can be traced to conditions where the father gives no male nurturing. Sociologically, it is now painfully apparent that fathers are not optional family baggage.
It is useless to debate which parent is most important. No one would doubt that a mother’s influence is paramount with newborns and in the first years of a child’s life. The father’s influence increases as the child grows older. However, each parent is necessary at various times in a child’s development. Both fathers and mothers do many intrinsically different things for their children. Both mothers and fathers are equipped to nurture children, but their approaches are different. Mothers seem to take a dominant role in preparing children to live within their families (present and future). Fathers seem best equipped to prepare children to function in the environment outside the family.
That is why I am so grateful for our heritages. I’ve been able to spend time studying my family lines. Today I came to the happy realization that I come from an unbroken line of great fathers. Both my direct line and my wives is an unbroken train of good men who married good women. I’ve got uncles and great uncles who made some pretty poor choices, but my fathers and My Wive's fathers were all good men. They showed through quiet example the way a man should live, and that is pretty darn cool.
A father is not the goofball shown on television. He is not the scourge of society that popular media likes to promote. Fatherhood is the righteous power and influence by which boys are taught in their youth and throughout their lives to honor chastity, to be honest and industrious, and to develop respect for, and stand in the defense of, womanhood. Being a father is a restraining influence.
So the take home message today? Learn to be a man before you become a father, learn to embrace the God given differences in your marriage before problems arise so that when they do come you can fall back on those core values of honor and respect.
Last Updated on July 17th 2011 by Staff Writer
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/ujbh/Fathers-Do-Matter-A-Reason-to-Be-Thankful