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It is a happy occasion to recognise fathers
DEAR EDITOR,
Last month, mothers were honoured for their enormous sacrifices in bringing us into this world and inculcating good values in our way of life.
This weekend, fathers will be treated for their hard work in providing for the family. As bread winners, both deservedly need to be honoured but not for one day. They should be honoured daily.
Father’s Day and Mother’s Day have been coined to honour parents perhaps for neglecting them for the rest of the year.
Yes they deserve our gratitude for making us who we are. And they should be pampered. Sometimes, parents are not always appreciated for their sacrifices and burdensome responsibilities in taking care of the family.
Thus, honouring them one day is a terrific concept considering that in the Caribbean community, abusing parents is becoming an increasingly common incidence. Parents often complain about an increasing trend of abuse from their children.
ndeed, there are many Caribbean youths who don’t show much love and appreciation for fathers and mothers; they often use violence against parents.
As some adults complain, “they are hard of hearing” and “own way” ignoring the learned advice of elders and “going astray”. Thus these children need proper guidance.
Children need to honour their parents for providing for them and for their immeasurable contributions to society.
Giving them a card or a gift (cologne, shirt, tie, wallet, cash, dress, etc.) and taking them out to a restaurant seems to alleviate the guilt of perhaps neglecting or ignoring them or even abusing them most of the other days of the year.
Although it is just for one day, it is a happy occasion to recognise fathers for their hard work and sacrifices to raise their family. Showing appreciation to fathers for one day is better than not showing them any appreciation.
This one day is a culmination of a year-round appreciation and a celebration of their bread earner role. It is greatly appreciated to give fathers a break from work on this one day.
Father’s Day is a good time for the youths to reflect on how they treat elders and for them to make a commitment to provide for the welfare of their parents. The youths need be reminded that their father made enormous sacrifices over the years to raise them – providing them a home, education and food and attending to their developmental needs.
But respect for the elders should not begin or end on Father’s Day. One day can never make up for the time parents spend providing for their children. Fathers (and parents and elders in general) should really be honoured daily.
Vishnu Bisram
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