FATHER'S DAY | FAMILY  |  A GOOD FATHER

DR DAVID KAMUKAMA

COMMERCIAL FARMER IN NAKASONGOLA DISTRICT

A good father should be God[1]fearing. God should be respected in

every man’s family. When you fear God, things work themselves out in a family. A good father ensures a good family by picking a good religious wife and raising Godly children. He should also play the role of father to other people’s children by disciplining and being a good example to them.

Always show equal love to all your children. Prophet Jacob had 12 children, but he loved Yusuf, more than the others.

The siblings did not like it and conspired to destroy him.

Jacob suffered anguish he could have avoided had he not discriminated among his children. A good father must remember that love is part of marriage. So are conflicts. If a father has a misunderstanding with his wife, he should never reprimand her in front of her children.

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ELEMIA MALE

DIRECTOR KUTEGERAGANA FABRICATORS LIMITED

A good father should endeavour to cater for his children’s needs even if he is no longer with their mother.

Children and their mothers suffer a lot in the father’s absence and daughters do so emotionally.

A good father should always be available. If he fathers other children before or outside the marriage, he should unite them to enable them know each other and prevent incest. It also helps the relatives to know your children in the unfortunate event of death.

A good father should be sure of his culture and roots. He can do that by letting children know and visit their relatives and villages.

He must be exemplary. He should not only live for himself, but for the family. If you live a promiscuous life and bring HIV in the home, aren’t you a murderer? Every decision affects his family.

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CHARLES CHEMUTAI

BUSINESSMAN IN KAPHORWA

Fatherhood is a serious vocation. A person can become a father through adoption.

And once a father, always a father, even when calamity claims all your children. So, you need to play the parental role all the time.

It is important to know at what point in life you become a father.

Should it be by choice or by accident?

Before 18, you can become a father if you impregnate a girl. However, you are too young and unprepared to take care of the family. That is why we advise abstinence till you are able to father a child.

Without parental guidance, an illegitimate child will have gaps in their personality when they grow up.

A good father should not be a dictator. He should always encourage family dialogue, especially in conflict resolutions. Even in acquiring property, the family should be involved so that there is continuity in the unfortunate event of death. A good father always disciplines with love, not in anger.

How does a father injure his children in the course of disciplining them? He must also be modern.

The concept of fatherhood in the traditional setting has changed and a good father must match the trends in parenting and develop a good relationship with his daughters.

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