Every parent has a role to play.

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Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learner's featured post. Child upbringing is one of the most difficult tasks every parent has to deal with, which is why I respect every parent that manages to get it right, as it is never easy. Having a child grow up under your care and parental guidance and having them turn out to follow all of it and not go rogue takes a lot of work. Kids always have what they want to do in mind, so in most cases asking them to do the complete opposite of what they have in mind and having them do it can be really difficult and in most cases unachievable.

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The truth is just bringing forth a child into this world is not what really makes you a parent; what makes you a parent is how you raise the child, the role you play in the life of the child, and how you handle the responsibilities that come with being a parent. I have seen many people run away from the responsibilities of being a parent, men who deny pregnancies and women who give up their children for adoption, all because they don't have what it takes to step up and be a parent to the child. Parenthood is not an easy job; it is something you must have your mind, body, and soul prepared for, as it is a job that once taken, there is no going back on it.

Parenthood is not a journey you wake up one morning and decide to embark on because once you do, there is no day off, no breaks in between; it is an everyday thing, and you are not expected to ever get tired of it. Both the mother of the child and the father of the child have their roles to play in the life of their child; the father cannot play the role of a mother perfectly, nor will the mother be able to play the role of the father perfectly, which makes the presence of both parents in the life of a child very important. Single parenting has a way of affecting a child; trust me, there are people you meet, and their behavior already shows you how much they lacked fatherly love or lacked motherly love. It is difficult to hide it when one of the parents is absent in the child's upbringing.

Sometimes when I see videos on Twitter or see a podcast and watch how so many so-called feminists talk, I can already ascertain that they were raised by a single mother and lacked the presence of a man in their upbringing even before they say it themselves. There are messages and characters only the mother can pass to her child, and there are also characters and messages only the father can pass to his child. This simply means that when one is absent, this message is not passed; even if the parent that is present manages to pass the message, it will not be like when the one who is supposed to pass the message does it, which makes the presence of both parents in a child's upbringing very important and non-negotiable.

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The absence of one parent always has an effect on the life of the child; it can be emotional, especially in cases where they were raised by just the father. The mothers are always the emotional ones and can teach the child emotional intelligence better than the father would, and in her absence he can only do his part and leave that part out, and the father also has a part he is good at, and if absent, the mother can only do her best but still won't do it like he would. In conclusion, both parents have their roles to play, and one parent cannot play the role of both parents perfectly.