A Father’s Day Message to Fathers and Mothers


Happy Father’s Day to all the men who show up, sacrifice, provide, protect, teach, guide, and love their children.

To the fathers: Step up. Be present. Be involved. Be more than a name on a birth certificate. Your children need your time, your wisdom, your discipline, your protection, and your love. Fatherhood is not just about making children—it’s about raising them.

To the mothers: Where a father is willing and able to be a father, give him the space to do so. Children benefit most when both parents are allowed to contribute their unique strengths. A father cannot fully lead, teach, and guide from the sidelines.

Too often we hear about fathers who have abandoned their responsibilities, but we rarely discuss the fathers who want to be involved and find themselves constantly challenged, restricted, or pushed aside. When good fathers are encouraged rather than discouraged, families become stronger.

The goal should never be competition between mothers and fathers. Children do not need one parent to win and the other to lose. They need both parents working together, respecting each other’s role, and putting the child first.

A strong mother is a blessing.
A strong father is a blessing.
A child who has both working together is doubly blessed.

This Father’s Day, let us encourage fathers to rise to the occasion and mothers to support that effort where possible. The greatest gift we can give our children is not our pride, our arguments, or our control.

It is our cooperation.

— Kerwin Boxill


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