If you still don’t believe, maybe this quote from Etta Mae of The Women of Brewster Place might give you hope: “The only decent men are those who are dead or waiting to be born!” I think about him a lot, but more on Father’s Day, which is coming up this Sunday. These dads don’t offer pearls of wisdom so much as barnacles. Just 39 percent of fathers say they are doing a “very good job” raising their children, compared with 51 percent of mothers.
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“Well, just sit in the front room and I will be right out”.
While selecting Fathers Day present, choose something that pleases him the most and moves one-step closer to him. Tell them they can be, and encourage them to be whatever they want to be.
I watched my kids wait by doors for their dads. I heard him in the tub and knocked on the door. And left unresolved, those mental health issues can alter the course of a child’s life forever. Not because I lack some kind of superpower but because it is impossible to be anyone but myself.
The life of the children goes happily in the shadow of a great father, friend, and confidant as reflecting tenderness, kindness, and love. Give them the strength to do well by their children and by You.
And, while it’s true that not every father accepts this crucial role, not every man has the strength to offer the devotion that children yearn for, those who do deserve a special tribute on their special day – yes, even if they don’t share the same gene pool. Why wouldn’t they hate everything about being a father? And, while spending time together is often the most important thing in a father-child relationship, it’s nice to remind dad how important he is and to thank him for all his hours of playing by getting him a gift that he’ll really appreciate.
“I just came to visit”. I was tired, exhausted, heartbroken and my children suffered for that. Joshua 24:15. It’s good for moms to read scripture and books to the children, but it’s even more meaningful when dads read to them.
It didn’t become an official US holiday until 1972 under President Nixon, 58 years after Mother’s Day became an official holiday.
A good number of us grew up with our fathers buying us phones, television sets etc. but there is nothing wrong with replacing that mobile phone or TV they have been complaining about or buying the one they fancy. How do we restore it? Everyone owes a thank you to Sonora, who thought of the idea for celebrating the Father’s Day and ensuring that the idea is succeeded in its true spirit. What’s the worst gift you’ve ever given, or received, on Father’s Day? Putting men in jail for not paying their child support isn’t the solution.
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A father always has a solution to every problem of his daughter… Making single mothers seem like the ideal thing to be because they are super heroes isn’t a solution. We can not take good fathers for granted anymore.
