Fathers must sit up otherwise they risk losing their place in the heart of their children

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Guys,

Morning everyone.

Over the weekend, I visited a family relative, and my experience there is what inspired this article. I am concerned because very soon I will be a father.

This article is meant to identify those factors that create a gap between fathers and their children. I believe that when such factors are identified, they would be tackled head on by concerned fathers in order for them not to lose relevance amongst their children.

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My maternal uncle complained to me that he felt very disappointed in his children because they hardly call him on phone or ask about him for any reason. He felt really bad, because according to him; he did his best for them.

He worked really hard to give them the best education any caring father could ever give to his kids. He ensured they didn't lack anything while growing up because he always left extra money for his wife for contingency purposes.

Despite all this, today his children work in big corporations, earn huge figures but they don't act as though their dad is still alive. You need to see the man's face as his narrated his ordeals, he looked more like a loving ghost, so heart broken and hopeless.

I pitied him and of course encouraged him not to lose hope, that things would be great again for so long as there is still life.

But the truth is that I know this my uncle while we were growing up. Of course he worked hard to care for his family materially but not emotionally. He was always on the move, and never cared to spend time with his children while they were still kids.

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Even when he happened to be staying home back then, he won't be in the house. He would be out at beer parlour, having fun with his associates. And by the time he's back, the children were already asleep.

Even in the face of all this, he was still a great father but only on the basis of material provision because he never allowed his kids lack anything. He cared for them materially but not emotionally. So the kids grew up knowing only their mom but not their father, which explained the reason for their current attitude towards their father.

So you are out there and you're a guy reading this, I hope you have learnt something from this account of the experience of an agonising father. The care of your children shouldn't end with adequate material provision. You must make out time to be there for them emotionally too.

Those who have ears should hear. Thanks for reading.

Eurogee Chukwuka



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