In other words, raising children is a full time job. These two words mean that fathers have the responsibility of training their children by means of positive instruction with rules and regulations enforced by means of rewards and punishment. To carry out such a task successfully requires wisdom and discernment which comes from God alone. But it requires even more. Above all else, it requires that fathers be a good example to their children.
Actions do speak louder than words.
God also requires that fathers provide for the needs of their children. But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. Fathers have the responsibility of providing for their children's physical, material and spiritual needs. Many fathers excel in meeting the physical and material needs but fail miserably in meeting the spiritual needs. A child is more than a physical body.