Show For Hes He's A Jolly Good Father In our permissive society the role of father Is more Important than ever Juvenile authorities tell us that 99 per percent percent percent cent of the time a child becomes delinquent de do only after acter the father has relinquished relinquished relin his role The father must be the head hend of the family just as the mother Is the heart It H Is almost Impossible to exaggerate the Importance of a father In raising children Christ set the example He Ile taught us to refer to the First Person of the Trinity as God the Father When the Apostles asked Jesus how to pray He taught them to call God Our Father The father must exercise his role as ashead ashead ashead head of the house not turn it over to the mother by default He Ile is not just justa a a good provider He Ire must be much more lie Ile must provide spiritually as well as ns materially lie He must strengthen children's childrens childrens childrens child rens ren's character by not giving them too many things He lie must help them to grow glOW by rearing them In the school of hard knocks He lie must not deny them the struggles that enabled him to succeed suc suc- The generation gap between parent and children becomes a problem only when the father fathel tries to be a pal instead in stead of a parent Children pal with one another but they look to their parents par for guidance and example The fathers we honor today arc are those who provide both By leading his children along the path of virtue a father creates goodness that will witt continue for many generations The influence of such a father will continue long after he has gone to his reward |