Father – Old and New, Is the Role Same?

In this world we address any lady as Mother, but we don’t address every man as Father except our Father.

In earlier days as Father entered the house, due to fear, all used to be silent. He was very loveable and at the same time was very highly respected. Yesterday, Father was a dictator and what he said has to be followed.

Today Father is a good friend and the one who corrects good and bad and puts the children on the right track. As he returns back the children go and fall on him and enquire what he has brought for them that day and is the one who paves the Golden Road for their future.

In the past the Father never used to have any role in bringing up the children and only used to take the role of heading the family. He used to be authoritative, dictate rules and regulations along with the discipline that the family had to observe.

In today’s situation of nuclear families both the husband and wife are forced to share the responsibility equally and accordingly Love and Responsibility are handled by father and Affection by Mother. But the posture, conduct and the discipline are taught only by Father. We should encourage our children to take opportunity and learn these from him as they will not be taught in any university or by any personality development expert in any institution as all these have been experienced by him during his life.

Today the children with the aspirations of their career and its growth are having very less time and are not caring to spare some time to spend with their parents. Some of them are moving out of the country leaving their parents alone in old age homes and the parents are experiencing the draught of affection in their life.

With greater importance to communication the communication gaps are increasing and it is questioning the human relation itself. This is leading to the lack of love and affection and we also observe this as get togethers are on the down trend.

It is very heart fully to observe how sincerely the parents crave for the welfare of their children.