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The writer argues that fathers and positive male role models play a critical role in shaping boys into responsible men and, ultimately, building a stable and productive society.
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Drawing from his own experience of being raised without a biological father, he credits his grandfather, teachers, church leaders and other father figures for guiding him through life.
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Using biblical teachings, books on masculinity and fatherhood, and various studies, the author contends that boys need mentorship from responsible men to develop character, purpose and accountability.
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He maintains that true manhood is defined not by age, physical appearance or wealth, but by responsibility and the ability to positively influence others.
Whenever there is commemoration of Father’s Day, I oft felicitate father of my mother; James Ochieng’ son of Ojera Atanda, of the bloodline of K’Aluoch. Odhiambo, is the surname I was given by my departed mom, Awino. But I have a predilection for Ochieng’.
Why? Because when I was growing up at Yala in the Gem of Siaya County, I discovered that according to Luo kitgi gi timbegi, culture and tradition, the son carried dad’s name as a familial identity.
So, in my case, I am using my grandpa’s name, Ochieng’, because I was born outside wedlock. So, I can confidently say in this essay, grandfather is the father figure that brought me up. Unfortunately, my beloved mom, Awino, rested with her ancestors before introducing me to the man who sired me, my father.
I penned my first-born book titled From Obstacles to Miracles, before mom died, I used to ask her about dad, but she oft quoted Psalm 68:5: “A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
Actually, as a boy child, it was a bit challenging to grow up without a biological father. Through it all, the Psalm 68:5 became true. At every stage, and age, God brought father figures. Starting with grandpa at home. As well as men of God in church, and male teachers in school.
Then, when I was set to sit and write this piece, I went straight to YouTube to watch some important content on how men shape society as father figures. Apparently, I listened aptly to Parenting Principles (Part 1) by Dr. Kinyanjui Ng’ang’a.
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In the insightful video, the speaker opens the parenting pep talk by contrasting two American families. Of Jukes and Jonathan Edwards. In the anecdote, he dotes on an 1870s study conducted by Richard Louis Dougdale, which focused on pauperism, disease and heredity. More so, on how two patriarchs shaped the two families cascading to several generations.
Ostensibly, due to the father’s bad record, Jukes Family was characterised by poverty, crime, illness, and dependence on public assistance. Doom and gloom loomed large. Conversely, due to the good record of theologian Jonathan Edwards, the family produced notable figures such as ministers, professors, lawyers, judges, and several decorated professionals.
Then, focusing on the best book, b𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖣𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 life rife with strife, 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 and a father. So, b𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌on 𝖲𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝟣 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 2:2, “𝖨 𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗁. 𝖡𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀. 𝖠𝖼𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇.”
Therefore, the sacred scripture 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 to live in a 𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 a 𝗌𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 the 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽. 𝖮𝗋 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾, 𝗐𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 weak and sick society. For in 𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗂𝖼 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 The Maze of Masculinity, 𝖲𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖪𝗂𝗀𝗐𝖺 𝖺𝗋𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌, 𝗇𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗒. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗇 when the father is not in the picture, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗂𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄.
Additionally, 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗂𝖼 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 Boys to Men, 𝖲𝗂𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝖬𝖻𝖾𝗏𝗂 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗒, 𝗆𝖺𝗇, a h𝗎𝗌𝖻𝖺𝗇𝖽, a 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, a 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 an 𝖾𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋. 𝖠 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒. Meaning, responsibility (response plus ability) is the 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖠 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗁𝗎𝗌𝖻𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐h𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗁𝗎𝗌𝖻𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖠 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇. In this context, a 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒.
Somewhat, co𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 per se. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗌 and 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗌.
No wonder, 𝖩𝗈𝖾 𝖬𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗂𝖼 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 Why Boys Are Not Becoming Men, aptly puts it: “𝖡𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅; 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗇. 𝖡𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌; 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗒-𝗀𝗈𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗇. 𝖡𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾.”
Then, it 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗎𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌 w𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 in the society. 𝖡𝗎𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗒, 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖴𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒, 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗒, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗄. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗅 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖾𝗌. O𝗋 𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗎𝗅𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇.
Moreover, G𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 of all, 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗅, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 figures. 𝖠 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖠 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 God Almighty, the father of all.
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𝖲𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆. In lieu, 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾 did 𝗐𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽, 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝖽 – 𝖣𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖽 – 𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾. 𝖣𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖲𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 wealth of 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 gathered 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖦𝗈𝖽. 𝖲𝗈, 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝟣 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝟦:𝟥𝟤, 𝖲𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝟥,𝟢𝟢𝟢 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖻𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝟣,𝟢𝟢𝟧 𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇, 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 the 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗐𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 more 𝗆𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌. 𝖥or men who are father figures shape the society.
Elsewhere, a 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖠𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗀𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀. For 𝟪𝟢% 𝗈𝖿 𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝟫𝟢% 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝟪𝟧% 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗈u𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝟪𝟧% 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝟨𝟥% 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝟩𝟧% 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝟩𝟧% 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌.
Likewise, closer home, in 𝟤𝟢𝟢𝟫, 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝟤𝟢𝟢 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝖺𝗂robi 𝖶𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇, 𝗂𝗇 𝖪𝖾𝗇𝗒𝖺. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅-𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀. For 𝟧𝟤% 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝟣𝟢% 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝖮𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝟣𝟢% 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌. By the same token, another study conducted at 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖨𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖠𝗋𝖾𝖺 𝖱𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖪𝖾𝗇𝗒𝖺, 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝟥,𝟢𝟢𝟢 𝗆𝖾𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗍.
For 𝟩𝟪% 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝟪% 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝟨% 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝖽𝗌; 𝗉𝗋𝖾se𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍. 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌? 𝖣𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗒. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 generations. 𝖨𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖾𝖽, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽. For a 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋, 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋, 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋. 𝖬𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌. 𝖶𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌, 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗌, 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖾𝗌, 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋. It is my best reflection on a Father’s Day.
By Victor Ochieng’
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