I thought you might like this quote I came across…

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” Theodore Hesburgh.

I think that father’s often don’t realise the importance of this to their children.

It’s important in so many ways and at so many levels: -

• It helps their children to feel safe and secure.
• It provides an excellent role model for loving, caring relationships.
• It helps their children feel loved.

And this…

• helps children feel confident
• helps them take on the risky business of ‘life’ with reliance.
• helps them navigate their lives without suffering unduly with stress.
• helps them be more successful in life.
• helps  them to develop warm and satisfying relationships in their own lives.
• gives them the expectation of good relationships .
• helps them have high self-esteem – they know they’re worth it.

When a mother feels loved and supported, she can more easily focus her attention on the needs of her children. So the effects listed above are magnified.

And if you’ve experienced it yourself, you only have to think of a time when your own father showed his love towards your own mother, in whatever small way, and remember how you felt, to know how the effects can ripple out through the family and through time.

It can leave a legacy of good feeling.

And of course, what comes around, goes around!

I’d love to know what you think.

What benefits have you experienced or witnessed from

a father’s love of his children’s mother?