A Man Has Responsibility, Not Power

A man should think about how to be responsible. His role in the family isn’t supposed to be a dominant nor authoritative one. Men aren’t supposed to intimidate. They aren’t supposed to boast about how many children they have. They are supposed to talk to their children not think that their only task is to make money and to believe that making money makes him the sole decision-maker in the family. For many men, their making children doesn’t authorize them to be the only voice that matters. Men need to consider how to be responsible and this means that they need to communicate well with their wives and children. They need to know what makes a peaceful household. They need to understand that it takes both them and their wives to have children and they need to do all they can to ensure that they spend adequate time with them and to allow their wives to do all they can to make sure that their children are well-cared and that means letting their wives work.

Again, a man’s role in the family isn’t one of power but of responsibility. There are many men who insist that they are ‘the managers’ in the family. If they continue to insist this then they need to start considering how to create and maintain the best conditions in the household, recognizing that every child and every woman are different, that their children and wives are unique and can’t be grouped with other children and women and to recognize that part of being an excellent manager is to help and encourage their wives and children realize their potential and to treat them the way they want to be treated. I’m fed up with many men who don’t value their wives and children as they value themselves (or else they would drop the ego, drop the arrogance).

I reiterate, Men don’t equal power; Men equal responsibility.