David Blankenhorn in his book Fatherless America states: Over the past two hundred years, fathers have gradually moved from the center to the periphery of family life…. In colonial America, fathers were seen as primary and irreplaceable caregivers. According to both law and custom, fathers bore the ultimate responsibility for the care and well-being of their children, especially older children… Most important, fathers assumed primary responsibility for what was seen as the most essential parental task: the religious and moral education of the young. As a result, societal praise or blame for a childs outcome was customarily bestowed not (as it is today) on the mother but on the father. Fathers need to MAN UP and be the fathers that God has called them to be if we are to see a spiritual revival in our families.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:34:18 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015