Do u think a loving father is important for the development of a boy into a young man?

Question

Give reasons as well.

Answer 1

A father should teach a son how to be a man. respect for himself, leads to respecting other people, how to pay bills and save so he can have something when he gets older. You learn how to treat people by the way your family interacts. You have to treat everyone with respect all the time, not when you feel like it. Sometimes you have to think of others feelings before your own. Don't always put yourself first. This is not only for a son, but a daughter can learn how to be treated with respect, so she won't end up with a loser.

Answer 2

Yes I do think that a father is important for the development of a boy into a man. Many people disagree saying that a woman can do it by herself, that is not so. A boy needs his father because what does any woman know about being a man first of all? women know nothing about being men. And it is so very important for a boy to have his father in his life growing up.

Answer 3

I think a loving father is important, but that isn't always what we get is it? I raised my 4 sons from the time the youngest was 2 pretty much without a father, not by my choice. I raised my sons the best way I could, making them understand that their father loved them, he was just very ill and making some very bad mistakes in his life that had nothing to do with his love for them. I think my sons would have had an easier life with a loving, devoted father in their lives, but they are all 4 grown now, good men, good fathers themselves, and successful in life, still learning, but happy and they are all excellent parents. So I guess what Im trying to say is, it would be better to have a loving devoted father than not, but if it is not possible, all is not lost, mom can and has done both jobs.

Answer 4

No, you know about me from another answer. Part of what you are is based on what you were or your environment growing up. If you had a dog when you were a kid, and it died, does that make you a dog owner for the rest of your life? Of course not. Just because you've had certain experiences, it doesn't mean you can't change how you are or how you think about yourself. What you become is up to you, not anyone else. You've read some of the minor parts of my history, I should be totally messed up in the head. I'm married, for almost 20 years. I raised two sons from a previous marriage. They are both good men. They have each given me a grandson to be proud of. In the last 40 years I've had 2 jobs. I think that's a fairly stable person considering. Thing is, you have got to decide to do something, decide to grow up and be a man.

You know what a man should be like, you know what kind of man you want to be. So just do it. It's that simple. Really.

Answer 5

I think a loving father is important in a boy or girl life with a boy it teaches him how to be a man and with a girl it makes her grow up to be rounded young lady

Answer 6

A strong and loving father figure is important to ALL children, regardless of sex. Coming from a single mother household I did miss my father terribly, but had grandfathers and uncles who provided me with stable loving figures and helped my brothers become men. Those men shaped my views on men, were there for me and gave me wonderful memories.

My uncle would always include my brothers on any of the hunting and camping trips, or even simple things like male/female relationships, moral judgements and honour. Our father might have been absent, but we did have father figures. I know a lesbian couple who had advertised for a surrogate father figure for their son and found a man with a heap of kids who loved the idea of playing dad to another child... Some men are just born to be fathers, perhaps not always to their own children, but others as well.

Don't under estimate the value of men in their roles as fathers, a lot of them do wonderful jobs.

Answer 7

ABSOLUTELY! A son needs a male role model and this he usually gets from his father - so that father needs to be responsible and loving.
I say this because if a son does NOT have a father who is a good role model, he could well become gay (not wanting to identify with being a husband and father) or choose the wrong influential friends to identify with instead and perhaps end up on the wrong side of the law.

Answer 8

Of course! It isn't always possible though. My son's dad died when he was 4 and I brought him up. There was no loving father figure in his life. He is now an adult and is a wonderful, sensitive, caring, generous and manly guy.

So lack of a loving father doesn't necessarily mean that a boy will not develop terrific traits and become a great man. It just helps.

Answer 9

Absolutely. I'm not a psychiatrist, so I cannont give hard, scientific reasons. However, it seems intuitive that a boy needs a loving, strong dad (or some other strong male who will stick with him for a long-term period) as a role model. In the 'hood, we have an expression: If a boy's gonna be a man, he's gotta see a man.

Answer 10

A boy need to learn a lot from his father, all kids are bad listener, but they are good copycat. There are a lot of things that a boy can learn from his father, such as respect to people, responsibility, bravery, etc.
Sometimes fathers also need to teach their sons how to work with screwdrivers and simple electronics, no offense for any woman, but I never see a woman teach that to her kids.
Anyway if a loving father is not available, they can also look for a respected person like his teachers, preachers or God.