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I have to do a talk on June 18th about fathers and the role of fathers. Can you help me stuff it please I would really like to hear what your thoughts on fathers are. These can be both positive or negative contraversial.....whatever your feelings on fathers and their role is. We all have a dad and I would really like your opinions. If you don't want to post them in public you could always pm me your thoughts/feelings. I won't be naming anyone just getting peoples thoughts as the opening to the talk.


Many thanks


Sarah

Well mine is bl00dy brilliant, if I can follow in his footsteps even 10% of the way I'll be happy.
I think that's the most important thing about them, they are a role model, they must set a good example, thankfully most do.

That's my piece on the subject, c'mon everyone else!!

excellent thank you querty.

For me my mum is the person who looked after to me but my dad was the person I could talk to...

My dad kinda grunts a lot when we speak, my mum is a sweetie tho

Well my dads a drunk and obnoxious, so you can say he has been my role-model

This is great I won't even have to write my own humour in thank you peeps and thank you too for the pms


more please

I see my kids dad as a good example...a good example of how not to turn out (I kid you not)

well I may have to sanitize my daughters comments before I read them out likewise CC

My Dad is my hero - I totally adore him. He is funny, original, positive and caring - he is 75 but he has a young outlook and he is very energetic despite having suffered a stroke two years ago..

He is the one I can laugh with, go for a walk with and not have to talk - we have that comfortable silence - the one who I can share a bottle of wine with and whose opinion really matters to me.

I even took him into my school to talk to the pupils about being evacuated in the 2nd WW and they loved him - one boy wrote that he was 'cool' and this made my Dad laugh so much.

Everyone should have a Dad like mine! And guess what he isn't even my 'real' Dad - I am adopted - but he is my real Dad to me. xx

aww that's lovely Milly. My dad is a great dad too and I will be talking about that. Conversley I asked my daughter for her thoughts on her dad and she said ''liar,player,backstabber, scumbag and a whole bunch of stuff you wont be able to say in church''

Mind you I did want a cross section of opinions!

well my so-called 'real' Dad was a total vile scumbag... I guess you don't have to have that biological connection for someone to be a great parent.

My Dad is amazing. He's worked all his life to support me and my sister and continues to do so even though we don't deserve it most of the time.

He couldn't live with my Mum anymore and although he did smash my head in with a plate once aiming for my Mum, I chose to live with him. Not for the fact that I hate my mum, I get on well with both most of the time but I've always got on that bit better with him.

Would be absolutely buggered without him to be honest.

My dad used to sing me to sleep when I was little, he comforted me when I was having nightmares, his arms were always open for me when I was growing up. He very rarely lost his temper with me, he was always calm and discussed our differences with me. I always felt that he respected me, even when I was acting like a total prat.

Now as an adult our relationship has grown, we're friends and colleagues; we talk about our problems and he also leans on me when he's having a hard time. As a colleague he values my oppinions, trusts my judgement, teaches and guides me. And in addition he's still the dad I always had, he does everything he can to help me through life still giving me the space I need to grow as a person and live my own life. His arms are still open for me for when I need him. I can never thank him enough for everything he is to me. My dad.

I adored my father, when I was a small child. Thought he was wonderful, whereas my mother was decidedly average.

My mother shielded me from the facts, the wonderful woman that she was. It took a long time to realise the truth, and an even longer time to have the courage to admit that my childhood was unhappy, and quite a sizeable part of my adult life, too.

Now...freedom, and very little sadness. Hardly any bitterness. There are plenty of other people who bring sunshine into my life, and the lives of my children. I'm nice to my father, when I see him. He has no power over me now.

If you have a parent who's good to you, treasure them. But don't forget that we can find others who can be great 'parents', 'siblings' or 'kids' to us....just 'cos you're not related to someone doesn't mean they can't be considered as part of your family.