It is fashionable nowadays for fathers to be softies.
They give in to the demands of their children.
Children throw tantrums every time their father does not do what they want.
Clearly fathers today have lost authority in the eyes of their children.
Why is this happening and what has it got to do with purpose? This article goes through some points on how purpose affects your role as a father.
Purpose in the context of this article refers to the husband's or father's self-purpose in life.
His individual purpose rather than his purpose for the family is the focus here.
Television has taught a lot of bad stuff at children.
It is very common nowadays to see movies which put fathers in a bad light if they miss their child's game or performance at school.
Frequently, it is portrayed that the father should be enslaved by this false sense of responsibility to be there for their children every single minute the children want.
This has created spoiled emotionally weak children and fathers who do not have authority over them.
Children learn from what they feel from their fathers.
If their fathers drop everything in life just to attend to their most trivial desires then they see a weak father who has no authority.
If a father has a purpose in life and works on that purpose every single day the child will a father who has priorities greater than themselves.
This definitely is not a call to begin neglecting your children.
But instead it is a father's responsibility to align his daily goals towards his purpose in life.
A father with a purpose will make the child feel that there is no ambiguity in priorities and will therefore begin to respect them.
It is important to note that if a man's priority in life is his purpose, he will place himself at a position of respect by his children and admiration by his wife.
If you have positioned yourself in the family this way there will be no attempts to challenge your authority.
Children will no longer see a father who is indecisive and easily manipulated.
They stop trying to cry foul over what is fair and not and instead listen to what you have to say.
To realize that you have a greater purpose in life than your kids will make you spend less lazy time with them.
It might be ironic, but if you set aside quality time with your children and make them feel that your time away from your purpose in life is limited they will begin to appreciate every minute you spend with them and love you even more.
Perhaps the best gift you can give your children is to teach them at an early age that focusing on their purposes in life will lead them above mediocrity.
Super star athletes were not created without the guidance of parents who made their children feel that their purpose in life were beyond everything else.
Try it and see how it affects your family.
Focus on your individual goals and purpose gain the respect and admiration of your children.