This writ carries the words your child would love to write to you if they had the opportunity. Based on my experience as a child educator and from the many interactions I have had with young men and women, I have observed the seemingly endless wishes and desires they love to share with their dads.
Children are God's gift to man and fathers are one of the major 'instruments' He uses in ushering children into the world. This is nature. As archaic as it might seem, fathers like to think they own their children. The truth is fathers do not own their children. They are only custodians.
Even this privilege is temporary, just for a little while. They get to play this custodial role from the birth of the child, through adolescence till when the child becomes an adult at about 18-25 years of age.
For a child, this period of development, this stage in the journey to adulthood is fraught with challenges and pain. At times like this, there is nothing your child needs than a shoulder to cry on and a listening ear.
Faced with uncertainty over how this 'baring of their feelings' will be received, and coupled with the experiences they might have faced in the past, today's child tend to clam up when given the opportunity to share their thoughts.
As a father, your child requires a level of communication, which can rarely be found in many homes. Looking at this from the perspective of your child, you will observe a thirst and hunger that has been left unsatisfied, a neglect of a major part of your responsibility.
As much as you strive to provide your kids with the necessities and bounties of life, the answers they need to their numerous questions have remained unanswered. This has posed a challenge especially in this contemporary world where there seem to be many things drawing the attention of fathers.
Every father has his child's love. The last thing any child would do is to hurt intentionally the feelings of their father. They are also faced with their own struggles and sometimes their feelings and decisions may be at crossroads with your intentions.
This book is for every father out there, Well dad, and every dad reading this, your child will be elated that you are reading this book. Your children want you to understand that they are not intentionally trying to be difficult and constantly at loggerheads with you, this is simply a part of their growth.
As you read this, take the time to look at your own child. Your own child is writing to you. Your children want you to understand them as they also strive to understand you too.
Take your time to read this; you would be glad you did.