There is no doubt that a man can pull a whole family together, with low wages and tough situations. Its only his strength and skill, his power of will that enables him to bear any situation that might fall, to protect his loved ones, his wife and kids, a man will go through a lot before he would quit\u2026or talk. That is the depth with which a man has been blessed, he will weather the storm alone rather than let his wife or children suffer.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Me Time\u2019 For Working Dads\u2026<\/h2>\n
In recent years, it became a practice for some companies to give a paternity leave to fathers who just had a baby, so that they could be there to cherish the first moments of their parenthood right alongside the new mother, and also could help out in any way they can. Many men take this leave to be an all-around father, not just an office worker and they really want to be there for their family. But sometimes the situation is not so favorable, the boss is not happy, or because of the leaves he has taken for hospital visits and doctor\u2019s appointments, he gets criticized at his workplace. It has been duly noted in different surveys that a working father is often penalized for his leaves, doesn\u2019t get promoted or entrusted with big projects, or gets deprived of a prospective raise. But he is a real father when he still does it, when being with his children is more important to him than his big bonuses. Harvard Business Reviews<\/strong><\/a> has covered research on working dads\u2019 desire for a granted break, a bit of a \u201cme time\u201d as they put it.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s age, fathers are really striving to be there for everything, from births to graduations, participating in every sort of event, helping out with household chores, supporting their working wives, creating a balanced life between work and home. The pressures that they have to sustain though, the heat they take from their bosses, beating the traffic to pick up kids from schools, making it to the meetings, helping out with sports or homework, we need to stop and consider, where does this leave time for them? We give due space to the working mothers, acknowledge the fact that they are working at two jobs at the same time, as motherhood is a full time job, but so is being a father! They never get a day off from being a parent either, they work twice as hard at their jobs and then at home they strive to be supportive and caring. Our article on the gift preferences for Mother\u2019s Day 2014<\/strong><\/a> also explains how important it is to be involved in your children\u2019s lives today to be able to stay in their memories tomorrow.<\/p>\n We should stop to think that there might be a reason. Maybe the pressure of the full-time fatherhood is taking its toll on them. Maybe we never realized all our lives what our fathers gave up to be with us. They cut back on their friend\u2019s outings, saved up all they could for our school, maybe didn\u2019t buy themselves new pair of shoes and bought one for us instead. We never realize until we become parents ourselves that our parents went through hell and back for us. That\u2019s why it is becoming more of an awareness issue nowadays to realize a working dad\u2019s problems, the hard times that he has to face and the paternal leaves that are as yet not mandated, but are gaining recognition and strength.<\/p>\nWhy Working Fathers Need A Break?<\/h2>\n
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