“The Benefits of Motherhood, Fatherhood and Childhood: A Discourse”

  

The benefit of motherhood, fatherhood and the childhood in the life of a human is more summarised in the entire benefit of a family as a whole, irrespective of what and who any member of that family is, or is bound by necessity to provide.

A family by any larger definition is like a ‘near-forced’ composite of psychological-cum-orientationally different individuals, but related biologically and by the essense of such family in the first place. It can also be sub-defined as Rose Macaulay puts it…

“A group of closely related persons living under one roof; it is a convenience, often a necessity, sometimes a pleasure, sometimes the reverse; but who first exalted it as admirable, an almost religious ideal?”

The above definition by Macaulay prompted some questions even as she has on her own ended with a question. Firstly, living under a same roof, by virtue of all other circumstances, is no longer a standard for the modern day family. Secondly, the idea of a family members being closely related in today kind of family is also debatable in some quarters, where we have family of convenience and contract, and about who first exalted it to the status of a religious ideal is also far-fetched. Although, God is generally believed to be the author of the idea ‘family’ and probably can be termed as the first to give it the religiousity it might generally enjoy today.

In a family, the mother is stealthily the custodian of the entire family orientation and virtue. She is by custom the second in chain of authority and yet, could be the most vocal and decisive of all the family members. It is such a heavy responsibility sometimes. Nonetheless, the benefit looms larger than her occupying the second position after the father. She might end up being the most crucial link that held the chain firmly together at some point in time; seeing to the day-to-day up keep of the entire family members and standing as the pillar of emotion behind them.

Fatherhood is, no doubt being, the head of the family and the sole provider of the family. The safety, security and major decision taking of the family traditionally rest on his shoulders. The totality of his actions can be a result of impetus and influences of the other family members, especially the wife. The benefits of fatherhood are basically enshrined in his seemingly unquestionable authority and the love he gathered from the other members of the family for being liberal; delegating some part of the authority straight down below.

And childhood is one aspect of the family that bites deeper into the skin of the other members, as the embodiment that is meant to crave the attention of the rest either by mere involuntary provision or plain necessity. Thus, a father and mother are bound by the law and common reasonability to provide for their child(ren) as the case may be, and in some countries a deferring parent might ended up being punished under the laws and/or the stipulated Child Rights Act of the United Nations in colaboration with such countries. This altogether can be classified as the beginning point for the benefits enjoyed by the child.  

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Addendum…

In your own view what do you understand about the term motherhood, fatherhood and childhood in a person’s life?

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