Men, I beg you to step up and back into your role as defender and protector. Stop being fearful and bullied and afraid of being called mean.
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I agree. And I would add:
Protect your child from a shallow, selfish woman. Do not father a child with a woman unless you are married to her, and don’t marry a woman unless you are sure she will value the essential role a father has in his child’s life so much that she would not rip you out of the child’s life for frivolous reasons.
Many of us really are fulfilling the role of defender, protector, and provider for our families.
However, Satan has infiltrated the minds and policies of those “who bear the sword”,
and any act of being a “father” can be severely punished with the removal of the children from the home and being put in the care of those who are much worse.
So, I’ll excercise caution in public, thank you very much.
At home - yes. Biblical father to the degree that I understand.