Peter Parker’s uncle, Benjamin, said it best. Paraphrasing here…Great power must come with great responsibility. Our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man came to understand that.
But so many men don’t—Especially when it comes to raising children.
Yes, women have the great power to recreate our kind in their blessed bellies. But it is us, men, who have the power to grow children into complete beings, helping them reach their full potential—or crush them with our indifference, arrogance, belittling, passivity and abuse.
Fathers have different roles than mothers—both roles are important, building on each other. Take one away and your foundation crumbles like poorly mixed concrete.
We fathers are the number one influence on our daughter's self-esteem. Not mom, not her friends, teachers, bullies, Santa Claus or the boogey man. Us. Fathers.
If you don’t grasp that responsibility—making any needed changes—and father children with that knowledge, there will be no excuses for the teenagers and adults your young daughters grow into.
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