Saturday, January 21, 2012

The best thing a father can do for his child.

i found this picture to be so fitting to the following quote "The best thing a father can do for his children is love their mother." The beautiful image speaks for itself showing the father to not only be so in love with baby, but also with mom.
      Really, in terms of the bigger picture,My point being is that in loving the mother, he will, by definition, love the child. Yet in loving the mother, he also sets up a profound sense of peace and stability in the child that is irreplaceable. For children who come from a stable, loving background, this may not seem of fundamental importance. They may not think of this quote with such meaning, that is because they have experienced the deep peace that comes from having grown up in a loving environment and know of no other way of being, but for adult children of difficult or fractured backgrounds, the head nods in agreement. There was little sense of peace in such an upbringing. This lack of security plays out in later life. You see not growing up in a stable loving house hold brings many downfalls, emotionally, mentally, relationships at school, relationships at work and, most importantly, love relationships. Not having a sense of childhood stability makes the adolescent and adult individual needy and insecure, and effectively limits their choice of suitable partners. Often children of unstable parental relationships can so easily go on unwittingly to unintentionally provide unstable homes for their own children, thus repeating the pattern.
         A father who loves his children's mother also sets up a valuable template for both his sons and his daughters. For his sons, he displays a role model which the growing male can take as his own model for treating all the women in his life, from his mother and sisters, to his ultimate life partner.
Such a father also provides a role model for his daughters. Here the impressionable young woman can witness in the comfort of their own home all that they should expect from the men in their lives. They also learn by definition what they should not have to put up with. Having a father who loves your mother makes you more likely to go on to choose a man who will truly love you.
Finally, in giving his children this great gift, he is also demonstrating the very opposite of what some parents believe is good parenting. He is giving the intangible gift of love, not toys, gifts, and endless monetary handouts. Intangible the gift of love better put FAMILY love, which is the most important of all loves,children soak up this invisible commodity like candy. They love it, because they inherently know it is what they need to thrive.
So fathers, show your children that you love their mother. Be as demonstrative as you know how. Stand next to her as you journey through life. The trickle-down effect of loving your partner will envelop your children in a cloak of love that will shield them from much of the harshness of life and encourage them to make better life choices.

There is truly no greater gift that you can give your children.

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