Being a father or father figure, and being there for and taking care of a child, is the most important thing a man can do of his own free will. Absolutely nothing else comes close. Children need guidance and care, and they need men to provide this for them. In exchange, men need justification and purpose, to give of themselves for the benefit of our collective destiny, and children provide this for them. Paternal resolve is trivialized where maternal instinct is celebrated, but as with instinct comes mere biological necessity, with resolve comes human vindication.
Thus, we celebrate the strength of that personal resolve where it is most needed and cherished, in the form of fatherly love, in the will of the male role model, as do the children themselves.
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