Father's Day and Dad's Importance

New research has and is showing that Father's are much more important than previous social scientists thought. Here's a very good article that shows why.



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Father involvement makes a real difference. Whether the outcome is intellectual development, sex-role development, or psychological development, most kids do better when their relationship with Dad is close and warm, whether Dad lives with them or not.

Now there is a big difference between being a father and being a sire. In our culture today many men sire offspring, but what is lacking is men who will step up to the plate and be the fathers of their children.

Honesty demands that we acknowledge that women cannot adequately raise children on their on as a rule, although there is the occassional remarkable example. But, that is not a statement that denigrates a woman's ability. Rather, it is statistically true; and it is statistiacally borne out, because God's design is for children to be reared in a family where the mother and the father acknowledge the child's claim upon them and acknowledge their mutual responsiblity for one another and their children. That is what marriage really is.

So, on this Father's Day, thank your Father, if he helped establish you in life. If he didn't, grieve. If you are a father, commit yourself to being what God would have you be.

Here is a link to Rich Lowry's very good essay on this subject at National Review Online.