Breaking Stereotypes: Fathers can help in Raising Kids too
DAD! A Son’s first Hero, A Daughter’s first Love!
Any man can be a Father, but it takes Someone Special to be a Dad. When a baby arrives in a home, it is a moment of joy and a new found status of being parents. However, what can be usually seen is that women become mothers but men don’t become fathers. Therefore, here we are to tell you that even fathers can help in raising kids and how they can do this and achieve a better score than mothers in rearing their children. Let’s have a look at the role of a father in raising the children.
Role of a Father
While almost any man can father a child, there is much more to the important role of being a dad in a child’s life. Fathers play an important role in a child’s development from birth through adulthood to death. Fathers are central to the emotional well-being of the children and are their caretakers and disciplinarians. Research shows that if a child’s father is affectionate, supportive and involved, he can contribute greatly to the child’s cognitive, social, intellectual, physical and emotional development thereby helping in raising children with good self-esteem. A strong father figure has a significant impact on both sons and daughters.
Dad and Daughters
A father is the first man in the life of any girl and her First Love as well. A girl closely observes her father’s actions and behavioural etiquettes. This enables her to form strong opinions about men and she will reach out for those characteristics in men which she has experienced and become familiar with in childhood. Also, genuine praise and admiration from a father can help his daughter grow up to be an independent and confident woman.
Dad and Sons
A father is the First Hero for any boy and his Inspiration and Role Model. Boys tend to model themselves like their fathers. They look for their father’s approval in everything they do and copy their father’s behaviours. If you show you boys how to have dignity, integrity and respect for others, your boys will grow into responsible, caring men who themselves will become good fathers later. Boys who see their fathers respecting their mother and other women tend to become men who themselves are respectful of their spouses, female friends and women in general. Also, boys who have involved fathers are less likely to commit crimes when they grow older.
Helping Fathers to get started
Although the mom is a child’s first and primary caregiver, fathers are also immensely important in raising a well-adjusted, happy and successful child. Fathers tend to parent differently than mothers and research shows that children whose fathers are involved in their everyday lives have better social development, self-esteem and academic success. As a father, the biggest contribution you can make in your child’s life is by giving your time. Every day give time to your children by asking them about their day at school, helping them with their homework & projects, spending playtime with them playing games like football, basketball, cricket or just a simple game of cards, helping them in readying their uniform & school bag, cooking a snack meal for them, etc. Creating an emotional connect with your child is very important for which do ask them regularly about their peer problems & challenges, relationship problems, etc. because this will encourage them to take solutions from you & cope up with their problems and assure them that you are always by their side no matter what the situation.
Always remember, you as a father are their playmate, coach, teacher, protector, companion, role model, provider and most importantly an essential part of their life.
