Fatherhood

 What’s in a good father?

Safety. Strength. Right boundaries.
Presence.
Does the world need good fathers?
You bet we do!
I should know: I’m a half orphan.
I lost my Dad at ten.
In the absence of a good father, what should a child do?
Can a mother be enough?
A good mother is important, a good mother is strong: I know this too, I am also a mother.
But a woman can never be a man.
Femininity’s had a hard time, over the ages:
She has come under many threats.
There is another kind of threat, equally strong: to have to be all things.
Yet diversity is greater strength.
Masculinity can free femininity to come out of the closet, and let her hair down.
Femininity can free masculinity into a bolder expression.
We, humanity, are male and female,
And so we find our greatest expression together: male and female.
Whether it’s father, mother, brother, sister, colleagues, partners, friends: masculinity and femininity together rock!
We were made for each other.
What’s in a good father?
Safety. Strength. Right boundaries.
Presence.
Does the world need good fathers?
You bet we do.

Author: Michelle

Michelle lives in New Zealand. She is a mother, a writer, and a doctor.

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