A good dad has 5 signs as follows:
A father respects the mother
When children see their father acting inappropriately or disrespecting their mother, they learn that this is how women should be treated.
When parents live in harmony, their children will have a happy home which provides an extremely important foundation for the formation of their personality. A family in which the members love and respect each other will cultivate happy and accomplished children.
No matter what the relationship between the spouses, you must show respect to your wife as the behavior of parents affects the personality of their children.
When children see the deep love and admiration that exists between their parents, they develop a profound understanding of consent and respect in the family. This not only creates beautiful childhood memories for them but also positively influences their choice of spouse and family building when they grow up.
Therefore, nurturing a relationship with your wife (the mother of your children) plays a vital role in raising conscientious human beings, especially kind boys.
A father knows how to ‘discipline’, does not arbitrarily use ‘sticks’
Being a good and happy dad does not mean that you can never scold your child. But to scold or make the child acknowledge their mistake, it is not necessary to use sticks and canes.
No matter how your child behaves, do not let yourself lose composure and hit them. Even when in a foul mood, never punish your child physically. If you do this, your child may listen to you immediately out of fear. However, it will lead to negative consequences when the child reaches adolescence.
The best solution for children is that parents should remain calm, explain the situation to them, so that they can distinguish between right and wrong, right from wrong.
Parents should use a ‘warm heart, cool head’ to teach their children and be their friends. Calmly teaching your children rationally is still more effective than scolding and hitting them.
A father loves unconditionally, but does not spoil
The first and most important thing a child expects from their father and mother is love. Young children understand the language of love only through hugs, kisses, and affection.
Show your affection more often, it will make your child feel secure and confident enough to deal with any problems in life.
Loving them unconditionally will make them value your kindness; and they will learn to love others from there.
However, a good father will know how to show love in a ‘moderate’ way, if they always spoil them unconditionally, it may unknowingly make the child become selfish.
A father is a dedicated, approachable teacher who often reads to his child
Parents are the first and usually the best teachers of their children.
If the father knows how to listen patiently to his child’s ideas and problems right from when the child is young, it means that they are truly dedicated to help and guide the child to effectively resolve their problems. From that, your child will gradually accumulate hands-on life experiences.
Books are the best source of stimulation for your child’s intellectual development. You can read fairy tales to your child from an early age to form the habit of reading later on. Knowledge in books will help develop your child’s thinking and character.
On the path to your child’s success, parents should be wise teachers who enable a brighter future for their children.
A father spends time with his child
The best gift you can give your child is to spend time with them and talk to them. Although work and household chores take up most of your day, you should make more time for your child.
For your child, your closeness and affection is the solution to every problem. Nurturing and fostering affection with a baby takes a lot of effort and time. If the father can be there for his child often, play with them, tell them stories… then the child will remember the father’s love and naturally develop feelings of attachment and love equivalent to the father’s feelings for the child.
If the father is always busy and does not have time for his child, no matter what the reason, the child will feel that they are not getting enough attention and care from their father, thus the distance between father and child will not be close, nor will there be any attachment.