Is Daddy really a Father to his family?
Ask any father what he wants most out of life, and he will look at you in surprise. Obviously, he wants a good home and security for his family, the chance to give his children a good education and at least a comfortable roof over their heads. He wants to experience the happiness and pride in shaping healthy, balanced, educated children and he will give his time- too much of his time- working to that end. Yet unconsciously, he is expecting 100 per cent return on his six per cent investment. For in too many cases Dad isn’t a father to his family at all. His sense of closely knit family life, of love, kinship and devotion, is half hearted. He is too often the star boarder, the paying guest, wanting his home run like a commercial hotel- not like a wigwam full of excited demanding kids. It is a curious thing what a multitude of male beings there are who think that the mere physical act of producing children somehow has given them miraculous exemption from the neces...