“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
—Mother Teresa
I hope all dads out there had a wonderful Father’s Day! You no doubt did if you’ve done your due diligence as a dad. Kids notice your love for them, and they feel it in their bones. No matter your lot in life, no man is a failure who has helped a child, especially his own. The greatest single gift a man can give his children is his attention. It seems so simple, but somehow it is lost in its simplicity. There is no excuse for not trying your best to be a good father. There are reasons, obstacles, and hardships, but no excuses.
Most would agree that fatherhood does not come as naturally as motherhood. We want to be attentive, caring fathers for the most part, and while not difficult intellectually, parenting for men is not necessarily intuitive either. The simplest of tasks appear difficult when we have no idea where to start.
I learned so much from my father. I learned from him that I needed to get an education. I learned that people would judge me by my actions and react to me according to my attitude. I learned the importance of reliability and trust. These things I learned from him because he demonstrated how difficult life could be without them. It was my goal to teach differently, as a positive example.
Almost all of society’s ills can be traced to people whose family lives were in turmoil. Often the chaos started with an absent or uncaring father. What if there were a simple, plain-English book that addressed issues of fatherhood for men without positive role models? Where could a single mother direct her son when he has questions about becoming a father? How could the fatherless cycle be broken?
As a caring, loving, and nurturing dad to your children you have significantly contributed, not just to their well-being, but society’s also. Our schools, neighborhoods, cities, etc. reflect the results of our parenting. Where crime, poverty, drugs, and teen pregnancy exists, effective parenting does not. Where you find successes, you’ll find good parenting -- or individuals who have beat tremendous odds!
Keep up the great work. The rewards are simply indescribable!
—Mother Teresa
I hope all dads out there had a wonderful Father’s Day! You no doubt did if you’ve done your due diligence as a dad. Kids notice your love for them, and they feel it in their bones. No matter your lot in life, no man is a failure who has helped a child, especially his own. The greatest single gift a man can give his children is his attention. It seems so simple, but somehow it is lost in its simplicity. There is no excuse for not trying your best to be a good father. There are reasons, obstacles, and hardships, but no excuses.
Most would agree that fatherhood does not come as naturally as motherhood. We want to be attentive, caring fathers for the most part, and while not difficult intellectually, parenting for men is not necessarily intuitive either. The simplest of tasks appear difficult when we have no idea where to start.
I learned so much from my father. I learned from him that I needed to get an education. I learned that people would judge me by my actions and react to me according to my attitude. I learned the importance of reliability and trust. These things I learned from him because he demonstrated how difficult life could be without them. It was my goal to teach differently, as a positive example.
Almost all of society’s ills can be traced to people whose family lives were in turmoil. Often the chaos started with an absent or uncaring father. What if there were a simple, plain-English book that addressed issues of fatherhood for men without positive role models? Where could a single mother direct her son when he has questions about becoming a father? How could the fatherless cycle be broken?
As a caring, loving, and nurturing dad to your children you have significantly contributed, not just to their well-being, but society’s also. Our schools, neighborhoods, cities, etc. reflect the results of our parenting. Where crime, poverty, drugs, and teen pregnancy exists, effective parenting does not. Where you find successes, you’ll find good parenting -- or individuals who have beat tremendous odds!
Keep up the great work. The rewards are simply indescribable!
