The Importance of Dads

Father’s Day is too often cast aside as too many dads are. I know of several fathers who for reasons of control, do not get to spend time with their children this weekend. too often women think it’s somehow punishing the dad, whom they have issues with. They are oblivious to damaging the children.

This isn’t for abusive dads. It’s not forcing dads who don’t want to engage with their children to do so. It’s for good dads who are caring but parent issues become children issues.

Little girls wrap their minds around dads as how to be treated, valued, respected. When dads spend time just supporting they set expectations of how a man should treat them…which can be good or bad. Keeping your word, being a good man helps insure she will expect a boyfriend or husband to treat her the same or better.

Little boys learn, also, how to treat others. How to be a gentleman or how to manipulate and use…they’ll notice! By the same token, women who say they don’t need a man…kinda teaches sons they aren’t needed…for anything! When their mother doesn’t value men they are taking notes too as it molds them into be….men.

Men should be valued more than the 15th holiday on the list. Hearing stories has changed my views forever. Dads are critical, no matter what they drive or what job they have or don’t have…It’s too important to put off.

We maybe don’t fully appreciate much until our own fathers are no longer available. Like most, not perfect…and didn’t have to be! Those expectations…dad wasn’t why should another man be expected to be? Treasure the good…it’s more valued.

Thank you to the dads…sons…brothers…may you all have some time for you this weekend.