A father's influence on his son's personal development is often unseen but nonetheless real. How a young man treats and respects women, his mother is normally a direct connection with watching how his father interacted with his mother and other women. A young man will observe how his dad or positive male role model should deal with conflict and differences and how his dad interacts with other men. He will learn how men talk, how they relate with one another and how they deal with masculine issues. One of the most intriguing aspects of The Odyssey is the relationship between Odysseus and Telemakhos, his son.
The first editorial that I reviewed was titled, “Fathers Are Essential.” The life experiences inspire the editorial written by David Thomas. According to David, his viewpoint is that fathers are indispensable in the raising of children. He describes how his father’s insistence on personal responsibility, and respect for women shaped his vision of effective fatherhood. He also contends that society holds little regard for fathers, but argues that people should recognize the important contribution that real fathers make to their children. In the editorial he goes into detail about what he feels “are good dads,” and how children with loving fathers outperform children without fathers.
Among the countless works of literature, the Bible holds stories that have helped shape and influence society. Genesis tells about man’s development through learning to cope with everyday struggles. The story of Esau and Jacob shows how one brother deceives his sibling and father for personal gain. While Isaac becomes old and blind, his sons Jacob and Esau battle for their father’s blessing before his death. The text reveals that an individual must not sacrifice his or her integrity in the pursuit of power.
“Manhood” by John Wain focuses on the slightly negative sides of pacing, even though the father may not be doing what he does to put pressure on his son. “The Happiest Days of Your Life” written by Penelope Lively, is telling us how childhood actually can be. “Growing up” is represented in both stories, as a period in your life where other people affect you and adjust you into being who you are, and in that way making every single person unique. I chose to analyse and compare these two texts, because they deal with the theme “growing up” in quite similar ways. E.g.
The End of The Road Essay Faith is trust, hope, and belief in the goodness, trustworthiness or reliability of a person, concept, or entity. In The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, the father has an interesting attitude toward God, but keeps his sons best interests in mind. He helps his son keep that faith in God but doesn’t feed his own body with it. The father is able to use his knowledge of God to keep his son afloat for when the time is up for himself. The father is all about his son, probably the best a father could be to protect his son.
Flashing back to my youth (which was half filled with self-destructive, anti-social behavior), I saw my father in an entirely different way. Many of the emotional “scars” from my younger years morphed into a deep understanding of what he was trying to accomplish in those difficult situations. As Christopher grew, I started to recognize the many different hats that my father wore during the course of my own upbringing. He was a provider, teacher, coach, clown, confidant, disciplinarian, employer, and my own personal Superman. I was also perfecting my ability to be the man my son needed in a particular moment and as his needs developed, my goal became a rapidly moving target.
That's because a chief role of fatherhood is to provide. Jesus used this reality to explain the goodness of God when He said, "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:11). Father = correction Children don't like discipline, but it fosters security knowing Mom and Dad love them enough to correct wayward behavior. Good parents mirror the fatherhood of God when they administer the short-term pain of discipline to shape a child's long-term character.
There was always misunderstanding and argument throughout his teenage life. It was a struggle for his mother to always have to defend him to his father. His oldest brother tried filling in as a father figure to him. He learned to appreciate his brother more than his father. Although life was rough for him he managed to learn positive qualities such being humble, wise, unpretentious, well-behaved, leads others, organized, respectful, self-giving, and most of all thoughtful.
A father is more of a risk taker and will pass on these attributes to his child. This will instill in the child the values need to survive in today’s society. This is evident is the type of play time activities that fathers engage in with their children. They would throw them in the air, arm wrestle at a tender age, as well as other activities that makes the mother’s heart leap. Men are very protective of their girl child, understanding yet stern with their boys this proves good parenting skills.
All young children need a father figure, especially boys. Fathers can teach allot about how to become a “tough lad” and how to behave when you are with others boys on your own age. These are critical life lessons, which might could had helped Charlie from not ending in the situation he is in. His relationship to his mother however, that is a whole other story: He feels a passionate demonstrative love for her boisterous presence His love for his mother could have made Charlie a little bit weak and “girly” so to speak. She has probably been very anxious about Charlie growing up, and maybe been a bit to overprotective.