Sharing a meal together breakfast, lunch or dinner provides structure to an often hectic schedule. It also gives kids the opportunity to talk about their lives. This is a time for fathers to listen, as well as give advice and encouragement. But most importantly, it is a time to be together on a daily basis. In a world wired for sound, it s important that fathers make the effort to read to their children.
Childhood is a time for learning first by seeing, then by hearing and reading.
When a father reads to his children, he draws out their creativity and helps inspire their dreams. Reading to your children also encourages literacy, a crucial step in a lifelong process of self-improvement. A father s desire to see his children soar above the clouds unfolds the moment he opens a book and begins to read. Show Affection Children long for a secure place in this fast-paced world. They find it most often in the warm embrace of a parent.