A Father's role in the development of the child is very important.It is the Father who gives economic and social stability to the house. A father inculcates in the child the spirit of cooperation with others outside the home. Every Father uplifts the emotional relations of the children at home and in the society. I am indebted to my Father for what I am today. Due to the impact of his personality I acquired good inter personal relations and learnt how to spread happlness and contentment .
1. My Father was a disciplinarian. He ensured that all the children (we are five brothers and sisters) must have bath before taking breakfast. Right from childhood we were taught table manners. The most important habit which was inculcated in his children was to eat every thing that was cooked. There was no question of saying ,"I don't like .........." and also not to leave any leftovers in the plate.
2. He instilled in me a spirit of self confidence. Whenever guests came home I and my siblings were told to greet them and be seated with the elders for sometime and answer whatever the outsiders asked.
3. He ensured that the whole family should have their meals together . There is a saying ' the family that eats together, stays together'.
4.He saw to it that his children never wasted money. He was highly placed and ensured that we must spend judiciously.
5.He encouraged his children to read lot of books.
6.He wanted his children never to insult others but to speak politely.
7. He was very particular that all his children got good education. I and my siblings had our early education in Convent schools. Once when he was transferred to a place where good schooling facilities were not available, he sent us to a boarding School.
8. Those were pre Independence days. Very few people sent girls to college for higher education. He encouraged us to study. It was due to his guidance that I became a Post graduate and also did B.Ed.
9. He inspired me to learn driving a car, which was very rare for girls those days.
10. Inspite of the fact that he was holding a very high position, he motivated me to take up a job.
11. He was a very liberal person. When I expressed that I wanted to marry a boy from Kerala(my parents were Punjabi) he did not object. He just wanted to meet the boy and speak to him. After a meeting with him, my Father was impressed and gave his consent. His decisions were always fair.
12. He taught us to have Faith in God and always be thankful to Him for His mercies!!
I can proudly say that I am a good wife , and a good homemaker , and a good administrator (before retirement) due to values ingrained in me by my Father. Papa ji Thank you.
May his soul rest in peace.
Note this post was written last week for Father's day, but could not be posted. I am always indebted to my Papa for all the love and blessings he gave to his children.
1. My Father was a disciplinarian. He ensured that all the children (we are five brothers and sisters) must have bath before taking breakfast. Right from childhood we were taught table manners. The most important habit which was inculcated in his children was to eat every thing that was cooked. There was no question of saying ,"I don't like .........." and also not to leave any leftovers in the plate.
2. He instilled in me a spirit of self confidence. Whenever guests came home I and my siblings were told to greet them and be seated with the elders for sometime and answer whatever the outsiders asked.
3. He ensured that the whole family should have their meals together . There is a saying ' the family that eats together, stays together'.
4.He saw to it that his children never wasted money. He was highly placed and ensured that we must spend judiciously.
5.He encouraged his children to read lot of books.
6.He wanted his children never to insult others but to speak politely.
7. He was very particular that all his children got good education. I and my siblings had our early education in Convent schools. Once when he was transferred to a place where good schooling facilities were not available, he sent us to a boarding School.
8. Those were pre Independence days. Very few people sent girls to college for higher education. He encouraged us to study. It was due to his guidance that I became a Post graduate and also did B.Ed.
9. He inspired me to learn driving a car, which was very rare for girls those days.
10. Inspite of the fact that he was holding a very high position, he motivated me to take up a job.
11. He was a very liberal person. When I expressed that I wanted to marry a boy from Kerala(my parents were Punjabi) he did not object. He just wanted to meet the boy and speak to him. After a meeting with him, my Father was impressed and gave his consent. His decisions were always fair.
12. He taught us to have Faith in God and always be thankful to Him for His mercies!!
I can proudly say that I am a good wife , and a good homemaker , and a good administrator (before retirement) due to values ingrained in me by my Father. Papa ji Thank you.
May his soul rest in peace.
Note this post was written last week for Father's day, but could not be posted. I am always indebted to my Papa for all the love and blessings he gave to his children.
There is a saying girls first love is dad :)) Lovelyyy post
ReplyDeleteThank you Kala. It is correct that girls have a special bonding with their father.
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