The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The dynamic of fathers and sons seems to be more around competition regarding things such as knowledge, accomplishments, expertise.
Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things.
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.
Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.
My father is definitely not the kind of guy who'd place his children in key roles within his organization if he didn't think we could surpass the expectations he had for us.
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