Fathers have a unique role in influencing and shaping their sons' lives.
Influence from the dad is the key in shaping the academic performance and emotional and social development of their growing sons. The care and love of guiding dads help the teen boy to become independent, responsible and have good goals in life. Traditional, orthodox fathers who are authoritarian and coercive suppress sons who then tend to show behavioral problems. Harsh punishments by fathers produce boys who are emotionally disturbed and thus unable to relate to society well. Strict fathers have no bonding with their sons.