What Are a Dad's Duties?

Provide

• A father serves as a provider for his child in many ways. Monetarily, dads can provide for a child's basic needs such as food, shelter and clothes. If you are a stay-at-home dad, your provisions can be basic care, such as making food and keeping your child groomed and in good health. If you work and provide money for the home, there is still an aspect of basic care in your role when you are in the home.

Teach

• Another aspect of a dad̵7;s duties is teaching his child and helping her learn tools she will use in the real world. Children need guidance and life lessons to become functioning members of society; dads can provide these things. Teaching starts as early as infanthood, when a father shows his child how to grasp or crawl, and continues throughout the child's life with such skills as riding a bike, making meals and budgeting money.

Support

• Supporting your child is another duty a father has. Supporting your child means giving him encouragement throughout throughout his life to help him be at his greatest. In some situations, a dad might not agree with his child̵7;s choices, but unless they are morally wrong or possibly dangerous, supporting your child in his endeavors can help give him good confidence and a sense of self.

Discipline

• While teaching and supporting your child in a positive way is important, one difficult duty of fatherhood is being a disciplinarian. While its not always fun, disciplining your child is important, as it establishes strong morals and judgment that your child will use in the outside world. Discipline can be done in a variety of ways, be it grounding your child for bad grades to encourage her to try harder, telling her no when she hits another child or cutting off her allowance when she fails to do basic chores to earn it.