Importance Of Father & Mother In Child's Life

By: Fr. Val Peter - Boystown, NE

www.fatherpetersforum.blogspot.com

Importance Of Father & Mother In Child’s Life:

Father offers daughter:
1. Security – she feels safe because she is daddy’s little princess.
2. Protection – won’t let anyone harm her.

Father offers son:
1. Role model – what a father and husband should look like.
2. Secrets – about women and life, etc.

Mother offers daughter:
1. Role model – what a mother and wife should look like.
2. Secrets – about men and life, etc.

Mother offers son:
1. Trust – a.) she is reliable (reliance) and always comes when he needs her and she is committed (committment) because she always brings what he needs.
2. Intimacy – is there for her son when he needs emotional support or nurturing. Teaches him to be gentle and in touch with emotions.