{"id":4765,"date":"2022-06-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2022-06-12T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T21:35:55","slug":"happy-fathers-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4765","title":{"rendered":"Happy Father&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-4.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-4.png?resize=474%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-4.png?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C285&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember vaguely a story about how someone organized a drive to provide Mother&#8217;s Day cards to men in a local prison. It was a huge success: most of the incarcerated men showed up to claim a card and write something to their mothers. It went so well, that the group decided to do a similar promotion for Father&#8217;s Day. The day came for distributing the cards and NOT ONE PRISONER showed up to claim one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems that fathers are important, and the lack of good fathers can have disastrous results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Daniel Huerta, Vice President of Parenting and Youth for Focus on the Family, has posted a nice piece on the Importance of Fathers. Here&#8217;s part of it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Here are a few ways that God designed dads to have a unique influence on their families:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>A father\u2019s\u00a0<strong>strength<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0<strong>powerful<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em>A dad\u2019s\u00a0<strong>words<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0<strong>fueling<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>inspirational<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em><strong>Hugs<\/strong>\u00a0from a dad can be deeply\u00a0<strong>comforting<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em>A dad\u2019s\u00a0<strong>smiles<\/strong>\u00a0can instill\u00a0<strong>joy\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0confidence<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em><strong>Time<\/strong>\u00a0with a dad can be\u00a0<strong>fun\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0productive<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em>A dad\u2019s<strong>\u00a0physicality<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0<strong>challenging<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/li><li><em>A dad\u2019s\u00a0<strong>guidance<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0<strong>life-changing\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0foundational<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em>A father\u2019s\u00a0<strong>correction<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0<strong>life-saving\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0life-giving<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li><em><strong>Adventures<\/strong>\u00a0with a dad can be\u00a0<strong>exciting<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>memorable<\/strong><\/em> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.focusonthefamily.com\/parenting\/fathers-matter-the-importance-of-a-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fathers Matter: The Importance of Fathers<\/a> by Daniel Huerta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6.4, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember vaguely a story about how someone organized a drive to provide Mother&#8217;s Day cards to men in a local prison. It was a huge success: most of the incarcerated men showed up to claim a card and write something to their mothers. It went so well, that the group decided to do a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4765\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Father&#8217;s Day!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-1eR","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}