Being a father is not necessarily the "be all" and "end all" of the male existence as compared to what motherhood is for many women. The biggest difference is probably in the biology. Whereas women are biologically wired to be a mother, fatherhood may be more of an incidental or sometimes even an accidental occurrence. It’s kind of hard to describe, but though men are needed in order to procreate, their role, once the creation part is done, has historically, and yes, biologically been quite different from the female role.
I can hear people screaming in rage everywhere as they read this, but let’s be honest here. Isn’t it true that man’s job has always been to bring home the bacon, so to speak? Hasn’t it been their responsibility to keep a roof over their family’s head? Isn’t it natural to look to the father for physical strength and for those attributes that are clearly dominated by the male of the species? Isn’t it true that women are naturally looked to for the more feminine attributes?
Who are we then to rage against the natural order of things? No, it doesn’t mean that women cannot also hold down a successful career and even make more money than what her husband may make, but why must she be less feminine when she does so? No, it doesn’t mean that a man cannot change a diaper or nurture his children, buy why does it make him less masculine to do so?
Fatherhood should be a source of pride for the male of our species. We are not animals, so I think it’s time we quit applying animal traits, such as the strength of a lion or the cunning of a fox, to human beings. It’s also true that we should quit acting like animals. We have been given the ability to reason and to love. We have been blessed with so much more than the animals of our world, and the ability to choose to be a great father, or to choose not to, is one of those many blessings.
Fatherhood is a blessing and it is up to each and every father to make of it what he will. Yes, times have changed. Just as women have entered the workplace and share in the monetary gains of the family, so must men not be afraid to enter the home and to share in the emotional gains of the family.
Now, more than ever it takes two. Economic and social times ahead will be tough. The writing is on the wall. It will take two strong parents to bring their families through these arduous times, working together, side by side, even if not under the same roof, in order to raise healthy children who themselves will take on the roles of Fatherhood and Motherhood in an uncertain future.
You should be proud to take on the responsibility of fatherhood, and if you are not, then don’t begrudge the person who may do so in your absence. Every child needs someone to show them the way, someone who is able and proud to wear the badge of fatherhood, even if his children may biologically be someone else’s. Every child also needs the guiding, nurturing example of a mother. It takes two.
Along with being a proud dad, Joseph enjoys working in his gardens. Garden Harvest Supply is one of his favorite gardening web sites which offers cold frame kits and wall o waters for early season plant protection.
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