How important is the role of a Father?

Question

i'm wondering what you people think!

Answer 1

very important, i'ts part of the family puzzle.

Answer 2

As long as the mother is strong willed and able to support the child well, no one needs a father.

Unless the child is a boy.

Boys usually need a fatherly figure to grow up, and they will not come to their mother for s*x help or anything like that, so they will be confused.

I grew up fine and strong willed, my mother taught me that way. I didnt need a father :]

gladly,

but i am worried about my little brother.

So Im trying to get him to befriend some of my older guy friends [that i trust and know well, of course] so if he has any questions or anything, he can feel free to ask them as friends.

EDIT

and i didnt grow up to be a s**t or disobeying anything.

whether a girl needs a father, depends on the mother.

Answer 3

Very Very Important!

Answer 4

A loving father is crucial.  I was a single parent for seven years, and children need two parents.  I know it isn't a popular thing to say, but two caring parents support each other, teach each other, share differences in gender.  They can defuse a situation that could get out of control, but provide backup in serious matters.  

Girls learn from their fathers, so do boys.  

Every family needs a Father.

Unfortunately, not every father needs his family.  As is my case.  My husband said the kids wore him down and he left.

Answer 5

A good father who really tries hard can play a very important role in a childs life but a father who is a bad selfish father can make matters worse.  I do think it is wonderful for a child to have their father and the mother both in their life but if either are selfish and a bad influence they take away from the goodness of it all.  But yes fathers, real 100% want to be there fathers, are very important.

Answer 6

There are many father types

Each one of us has their own idea who father is

Some were raised with strict fathers who rule the home like they were all under military authority

Other fathers were lay back and children could do whatever they pleased and the Mother set the tone for the home

I'm sure there are many in between each of these descriptions.

Most children look up to their fathers for many things:

Guidance if they feel at a loss

Protection if they are threatened

Security knowing they have a place called home

Loving relationship a child knowing that their father loves them and it's not always said but it's felt deep down in their hearts

A father sometimes is the final person who has the final answer when there is a problem in the family everyone looks to him

Knowing that a father holds the history of the family and you hold him up as a link in the chain...that you belong to....you are the next link......that keeps the family growing

Without the father something is missing nothing can replace him ....no one can substitute what a father contributes and what he stands for in a family

In some families fathers get side tracked and do things like break the law that throws the family all out of sorts....it leaves a wound in the side of the family but hopefully these fathers heal and return to living a better life

There are fathers who have to serve in the military and are away from their children and wives....they are to be held up as strong, brave, loving and caring men who give their all to the country we love....and set examples for all they leave at home

Put these all together and you find a FATHER ....not all are perfect but generally they all try their best to provide a roof over their families heads..and food on the table....but if some fathers have problems in life it's not always their fault..so they must be forgiven....and we can learn from all the fathers  who brought children into the world....each one left a mark  on a child.  

Mama Jazzy Geri

Answer 7

its very important because the child can learn from most fathers       and if their father doesn't set a good example the child be be a drug o, dropkick or an EMO which u never want ur son 2 be cause emos r a pain in the *** and i have a real grudge on emos cause there r a lot of them around where i live

Answer 8

It depends on the father.

Answer 9

Girls dont respect themselves if their father doesn't spend enough time with them

I feel the father is more important to a girl's development than a mother.

Importance: Critical.

Answer 10

If a young girl doesn't have a stable father figure in her life she will go out looking for it. And that's when the get into trouble.

Answer 11

extremely. they set alot of role modeling.

Answer 12

its very important, i did grow up without a father and me personally, i graduate from high school and going to college this sept and not all young girls turn out like i did. they need displine(spelled wrong i know lol) a tough strong hand to teach them....or else theyll turn out pregnant or drop outs. run aways etc

Answer 13

the father is extremely important to a child's development every kid needs their father in their life to provide a balance to their mother i think if parents work well together between them they can cover all areas of a child's development

Answer 14

VERY important...

Answer 15

well in my country they say father is the foundation of the house while mother is the light.

Answer 16

i guess it really depends . my best friend has never met her father and doesnt even know his name and she was raised fine and not to mention they say girls without fathers dont respect themselves she has alot of dicipline and obedience and heaps of self respect and self worth. myself i was raised without a father and i dont feel like i missed out on anything i do actually know my father and visit him so i guess i have been raised somewhat from my father but i dont think it matters . in a case of a child being brought up with a mother and father and then having the father leave is a worse case scenario because they have got to know, love, cherish and adore their father so when he leaves it leaves a massive gap in their life and huge sadness. but if they were born and not knowing their father its just normal for them and although sometimes they may wonder if they look like him or if they've got personality traits from him its not life altering or shaterring. i hope i made sense and didnt dribble on to much =)