Oh, I realize that we can't expect our fathers to live up to the Heavenly standard. Yet, I believe that's what we are called to as Father's. God has given us our children as a gift, and we are to train them up in the ways of the Lord. We are to help them see the reality of God, by being God in the flesh for them. The down side of the equation is that we can shroud the reality of God for our children by bad parenting.
Bad fathers can create a lot of baggage.
I guess part of my problem with Father's Day stems from the fact that I never knew my father. I grew up without that father figure in my life. Don't get all sad on me now. I'm not whining about such things. I did just fine and I would have rather had no father than have a bad one, but in some ways it makes me a bit more insecure about my role as a father for my boys.