I remember when I once wrote an article about a father-daughter relationship, although I've forgotten most of what I had in there, still, this was a related point from a section of it.
While most don't understand it, a father's love overly influences the mother's, not about picking sides, although as children we never speak of it openly. I've come across a lot of conversations on social media where teens speak of how much hate they have for their fathers, how it hurts to grow up without his love and how much it has affected them in so many angles.
I feel it's a topic widely ignored, maybe cause nobody ever wants to speak of it.
A father holds the strength and weakness of a child, he can groom them to be strong people in the society and he can make them a mess.
Well said.
Should make us each tremble at the realization of that level of responsibility.