Effects of Fathers

 The nuclear family, which is made up of a mother, a father, and their children, does it really make a difference when both parents are present? Do fathers really have an impact on their children or is it the mother that does all the nurturing? The plain and simple answer is that children need both parents in the household in order to succeed in life. This does not mean that they are automatically going to become billionaires or become president, but they will be able to have a strong relationship with their parents so they will succeed in their own ways. It is proven that those who have a strong relationship with their fathers are far less likely to suffer from depression, poverty, or even drug use. In today's times, the nuclear family is being torn apart. There is no other way to say it. The media wants to be so politically correct to the point where they do not want to offend anyone about their lives that they want to make the family seem as if it does not have to be the traditional way, but there are blessings that come out of a mother and father parental household. To have a strong household, it all falls back to the family. Fathers are the patriarchs of the homes and need to take responsibility for caring and providing for their families. No matter what the media might say, a father that will own up and care for his family will bless their children and the wife. My father came from one of the most dysfunctional homes. His father was mentally, physically, and sexually abusive to his wife and the children, and just because both parents were there does not mean that they had the healthiest family life. Since he was a child, my father knew that this was not what a family was supposed to look like, since then, he knew he wanted to have a family of his own. As he left and started his own family, my father faced many hardships, there were financial issues that put a strain on my parent's relationship and he didn't feel like he was a good father to my older brother who was then 4 years old. My brother remembers my father would break down crying and apologizing to my brother because he did not have a good father figure and did not know if he felt worthy enough to be a father to his own son. When I first heard about that I wanted to also break down. My father is my best friend and someone I can turn to for advice or comfort knowing that I would never be judged. He has helped countless single mothers because he saw how much my grandmother struggled financially and mentally been though she had a husband he would only degrade her. Mothers and fathers, teach your children to be loving and caring by being an example, so they can know what a caring and loving family is. Young men need to learn the importance and value of caring for your wife and children, it is a lot more of just being there. Show that you care by actually wanting to know what is happening in their lives and ways that you can help them succeed. I have friends who have a father yet it feels as if they aren't there. They don't know how to emotionally support them so they might as well not be there. It is so heartbreaking to hear about this because they are both victims of not having good relationships with their fathers so they are both being punished for something they couldn't control, but the father can gain the responsibility for changing the way there are going to parent their child. Being a father is many things but the most important is being a patriarch for the family and leading them on the pathway to success through loving and nurturing their children. don't let the media influence what a family could possibly look like, be the parent that you would have wanted and the type of parent your child deserves.