While mummy will play the star of the show, the supporting actor will be equally important. Here's a list of ways dad can help out during labor and delivery.
Pregnancy
Lifestyle Changes
You can support your mummy-to-be by sharing in the lifestyle changes. Give up alcohol, drink more fluids, cut down on coffee and don't smoke.
Accompany Her
Visit the Doctor for prenatal-care appointment together. Don't miss the chance to get a glimpse of your baby during an ultrasound.
Be an Active Observer
Let your wife know you're enjoying seeing her belly grow and feeling the baby kick.
Attend the Prenatal Classes
Practice breathing with her so that you could help her with labour. Be ready to embrace her, hold her hands, soothe her.
Nurture Her
Make sure she is eating a good diet of healthy food. Make sure she gets plenty of rest. Make sure she is comfortable. Maybe offer her a pillow or to massage her feet. Take on more of the household duties like cooking, cleaning, mopping, dishes and laundry.
Prepare Your Home
Welcome the new family member by getting things like baby furniture, readying the house, preparing extra meals.
Make Decisions Together
About the kind of labor and delivery you want, what to name the child, whether your child should be circumcised.
Labour
Cheer Her On
Keep her focused. She shouldn't give up, and she shouldn't panic. If she starts acting restless or agitated during a contraction, make eye contact with her and encourage her to take a deep breath. Hold her hand and tell her she's doing great.
Physically support her
Hold her hand and hold her in position if she opts for an epidural. Clutch her legs and thighs during pushing.
Be at Her Beck and Call
If she wants some ice, get her some. Pronto. If she wants a back rub, roll up your sleeves and get to work.
Take it Like A Man
Don't take your wife's comments personally. Smile, nod, and know she will not appreciate a sarcastic response - no matter how witty you may deem it to be!
Snap Pictures
Capture the moment by taking out appropriate pictures.
Catch the baby
If you're up for it, ask your doctor if you can "catch" the baby, that is, support him as he emerges from the birth canal and cut the umbilical cord.
Post Labour
Call friends and family
You will be communication central for telling friends and family that you're a new dad!
Take initiative
Change diapers, help with feedings and baths. Allow your wife to nap while you take care of the baby.
Time off
Do whatever you can to take some time off from work when the baby arrives. This will help you establish your own close relationship with your child right from the start.
What dads should NOT to do during labor
* Don't chat on the phone with friends
* Don't return work calls
* Don't check stocks, surf the net or check emails
* Don't chew gum or blow bubbles
* Don't hoard the remote!
* Don't flirt with the nurses
* Don't let your mother in unless your wife says it's okay
* Don't socialise with other fathers
* Don't take inappropriate pictures
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Selasa, 12 September 2017
Selasa, 29 Agustus 2017
Child Father Relationship - Strong Family Bonds Are Important
The child father relationship is one that has been receiving progressively more attention over the last few decades. While traditional wisdom and research studies focused on mother child relationships as the most important, the recent research suggests the relationship between fathers and their children is significantly more important than previously believed.
The child father relationship is one that is fundamentally important to the developmental progress of a child. The impact that a father has on a child begins while the child is still a baby. The play that a father engages in, which tends to be more physical and spontaneous, contributes to healthy brain development in infants.
By the time infants grow into small children, the role of play that a father engages in with the child takes on broader meaning and value. At this stage, the play takes on the role of teaching children problem solving, exploring limits, and goal oriented behavior. This is also a stage when fathers begin to help children learn to limit emotional outbursts and develop empathy through emotional involvement and modeling the appropriate behaviors.
Fathers have a profound impact on their school age children. At this stage, fathers help their children to learn to assume responsibility, encourage taking on challenges, and help to direct moral development. The father may wield more power to help or hinder their child at this point of development than any other.
The child father relationship changes during adolescence. The role of the father at this point is more passive than in previous times during the aging process of their children. Rather than engaging in teaching roles, or encouraging skill development, the father takes on a more advisory role. His task, as it were, is to be more an adviser and friend. The child will be more focused on the mother child relationship but still seek out the father for advice or reassurance about decision making, advice about managing personalities in their lives, and for simple time spent together.
The absence of a father can be a profound problem. In the lives of children who had absent fathers they tend to be more prone to be unable to form healthy, emotionally intimate relationships with their peers. There is significantly greater risk of drug abuse, smoking, alcohol abuse and other risk-seeking behaviors. There also tends to be problems managing social situations requiring empathy. Over their educational careers, children with poor or non-existent relationships with their fathers tended to have worse academic achievement than their peers with positive relationships with their fathers.
The effects of the child father relationship reaches far into adulthood. Those with positive relationships with their fathers tend to be more likely to be in intimate relationships and have fewer problems developing healthy, physically intimate relationships. Those with poor relationships with their fathers tend to be less likely to be involved in relationships, have more difficulty maintaining them, and demonstrate significantly more trouble in adapting to changing social circumstances.
The child father relationship is one that is fundamentally important to the developmental progress of a child. The impact that a father has on a child begins while the child is still a baby. The play that a father engages in, which tends to be more physical and spontaneous, contributes to healthy brain development in infants.
By the time infants grow into small children, the role of play that a father engages in with the child takes on broader meaning and value. At this stage, the play takes on the role of teaching children problem solving, exploring limits, and goal oriented behavior. This is also a stage when fathers begin to help children learn to limit emotional outbursts and develop empathy through emotional involvement and modeling the appropriate behaviors.
Fathers have a profound impact on their school age children. At this stage, fathers help their children to learn to assume responsibility, encourage taking on challenges, and help to direct moral development. The father may wield more power to help or hinder their child at this point of development than any other.
The child father relationship changes during adolescence. The role of the father at this point is more passive than in previous times during the aging process of their children. Rather than engaging in teaching roles, or encouraging skill development, the father takes on a more advisory role. His task, as it were, is to be more an adviser and friend. The child will be more focused on the mother child relationship but still seek out the father for advice or reassurance about decision making, advice about managing personalities in their lives, and for simple time spent together.
The absence of a father can be a profound problem. In the lives of children who had absent fathers they tend to be more prone to be unable to form healthy, emotionally intimate relationships with their peers. There is significantly greater risk of drug abuse, smoking, alcohol abuse and other risk-seeking behaviors. There also tends to be problems managing social situations requiring empathy. Over their educational careers, children with poor or non-existent relationships with their fathers tended to have worse academic achievement than their peers with positive relationships with their fathers.
The effects of the child father relationship reaches far into adulthood. Those with positive relationships with their fathers tend to be more likely to be in intimate relationships and have fewer problems developing healthy, physically intimate relationships. Those with poor relationships with their fathers tend to be less likely to be involved in relationships, have more difficulty maintaining them, and demonstrate significantly more trouble in adapting to changing social circumstances.
Selasa, 15 Agustus 2017
What Women Can Teach Men About Fatherhood
As the father of a teenage daughter I'm beginning to worry about her becoming a young lady and in a few years starting to date.
Looking back I feel strongly that her mother and I did a good job teaching her right from wrong, keeping her focused on school, sports and other extracurricular activities and the family unit. We continue to encourage open conversation with us when something is on her mind.
I often ask myself how I, as a parent, can raise my daughter to have a strong sense of self and the solid decision-making skills she needs to navigate through the awkward trials and errors of life.
Parents work hard to positively influence the decisions their children make and the company they keep. Unfortunately, all we can really do is hope they apply the lessons and good judgment we impart. This doesn't keep me from worrying about my daughter. And oh, I forgot to mention that I have another daughter who is four years younger than her sister. If I wasn't bald my hair would certainly be gray.
I believe God brings people in our lives to be angels. Don't get spooked out; just bear with me for a minute -- I'm going somewhere with this.
Growing up, I followed my father's footsteps and learned a lot about life from the older barbers where I went to get a haircut. Once my hairline started receding I took the bald route and began to cut my own hair. Along with the loss of my hair, I lost the wisdom I'd been getting from the elderly barbers.
Fast forward 15 or so years, and I find myself sitting in a chair with another licensed professional working above my neck. This time, I'm in a dentist's office getting my teeth cleaned. While waiting for me to get numb, we make small talk and I learn that the hygienist is a single mother of three kids -- two of whom are teenaged girls. I ask her to share what I may be in store for as a father of two daughters and for a little advice.
She tells me to buy my daughter her first diamond. I give her the "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" look and asked her to elaborate. She says many women look forward to the day the man of their dreams shows up with a diamond and asks to marry her.
By this time, I can't talk, because Tru has started the deep cleaning process. My ears are wide open, though, and I motion for her to continue. She goes on to say that when a father gives his daughter her first diamond, she's no longer blinded by the sparkle of a man's diamond. Now, anyone who approaches her must come with substance.
I hope that what my daughters will desire is to know that they are appreciated, adored and that someone has their backs in good times as well as bad. If I do my job right, they'll know that the material things are just for show.
In November, I arrived ahead of schedule for a meeting and started talking to another early bird who happened to be the single mother of a 19-year-old girl. We talked about parenting and dating. I asked how she keeps her sanity while her daughter is away in college and what I can do to prepare for the inevitable. Ms. Brown advised me to take my daughter on a date.
I scratched my head a bit and asked for clarification. She said that a good father is his daughter's first boyfriend. She went on to suggest that I be conscious about displaying everything I know about being a gentleman when we go out. Open the door for her, make sure that I walk on the outside, etc. This way, she'll accept no less than what her father taught her about how a young man should conduct himself in the presence of a young lady.
Looking back I feel strongly that her mother and I did a good job teaching her right from wrong, keeping her focused on school, sports and other extracurricular activities and the family unit. We continue to encourage open conversation with us when something is on her mind.
I often ask myself how I, as a parent, can raise my daughter to have a strong sense of self and the solid decision-making skills she needs to navigate through the awkward trials and errors of life.
Parents work hard to positively influence the decisions their children make and the company they keep. Unfortunately, all we can really do is hope they apply the lessons and good judgment we impart. This doesn't keep me from worrying about my daughter. And oh, I forgot to mention that I have another daughter who is four years younger than her sister. If I wasn't bald my hair would certainly be gray.
I believe God brings people in our lives to be angels. Don't get spooked out; just bear with me for a minute -- I'm going somewhere with this.
Growing up, I followed my father's footsteps and learned a lot about life from the older barbers where I went to get a haircut. Once my hairline started receding I took the bald route and began to cut my own hair. Along with the loss of my hair, I lost the wisdom I'd been getting from the elderly barbers.
Fast forward 15 or so years, and I find myself sitting in a chair with another licensed professional working above my neck. This time, I'm in a dentist's office getting my teeth cleaned. While waiting for me to get numb, we make small talk and I learn that the hygienist is a single mother of three kids -- two of whom are teenaged girls. I ask her to share what I may be in store for as a father of two daughters and for a little advice.
She tells me to buy my daughter her first diamond. I give her the "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" look and asked her to elaborate. She says many women look forward to the day the man of their dreams shows up with a diamond and asks to marry her.
By this time, I can't talk, because Tru has started the deep cleaning process. My ears are wide open, though, and I motion for her to continue. She goes on to say that when a father gives his daughter her first diamond, she's no longer blinded by the sparkle of a man's diamond. Now, anyone who approaches her must come with substance.
I hope that what my daughters will desire is to know that they are appreciated, adored and that someone has their backs in good times as well as bad. If I do my job right, they'll know that the material things are just for show.
In November, I arrived ahead of schedule for a meeting and started talking to another early bird who happened to be the single mother of a 19-year-old girl. We talked about parenting and dating. I asked how she keeps her sanity while her daughter is away in college and what I can do to prepare for the inevitable. Ms. Brown advised me to take my daughter on a date.
I scratched my head a bit and asked for clarification. She said that a good father is his daughter's first boyfriend. She went on to suggest that I be conscious about displaying everything I know about being a gentleman when we go out. Open the door for her, make sure that I walk on the outside, etc. This way, she'll accept no less than what her father taught her about how a young man should conduct himself in the presence of a young lady.
Selasa, 25 Juli 2017
Supporting One Another in the Pursuit of Responsible Fatherhood
We all want and need better fatherhood in our lives; whether it comes from our own fathers, our husbands, our parents, or from society in general. Responsible fatherhood is not a destination, but rather a personal dedication to a lifelong journey. On this voyage fathers need all of the help they can get, and who better to offer that help than other fathers whom they meet along the way.
Fatherhood was always an aspect of life that I knew I must explore. In the years leading up to my own fatherhood experiences I had an increasing belief that fatherhood was an essential ingredient in the character that I hoped to build for myself. Of course, I additionally felt the urge to pass along my knowledge, genes, morals, ethics, and philosophy to someone who I knew would become the most fascinating person I would ever know.
In early 2006, what was beginning to seem unlikely became very likely; my wife became pregnant. Once this news arrived I found myself looking for guidance. I wanted to learn more about pregnancy, delivery, and fatherhood. I wanted to be a better father for my son than my father was to me.
I began my research immediately. I brought home at least 15 different books on pregnancy and early parenthood. I also subscribed to a few parenting magazines. As I started sorting through all of these resources and I quickly lost my steam. Somehow, after 100 pages it all seemed the same to me. I started to feel as though my research was complete. Just as I was about to return to my usual non-baby and non-parenting readings I discovered an article written by a father hidden in the back of one of those baby magazines.
I was immediately pulled in to the article. Not only was the article written by a real father, but it was written about true fatherhood. This was not the textbook definition of fatherhood, but the realities of fatherhood, the struggles, the successes, and the fulfillment. I searched through the back issues and discovered that this was a regularly occurring column. I devoured each article and was left wanting more.
I've never been big into male-bonding, in fact, most of my friends have always been women; however, through those articles I discovered that fellow fathers could offer me something that no one else could. As I survived my first year of fatherhood I found my appetite for learning about other father's experiences and hearing their advice was never completely satiated.
As the surge of new fatherhood energy has long been spent and the challenges of true fatherhood have set deeply in, I've found myself unconsciously seeking out true fatherhood experiences wherever they may be found. Professional conversations with fathers inevitably turned towards the topic of fatherhood. In fact, almost every conversation with a father would turn to this same topic. I even began analyzing the fatherly point of view of characters in the few television programs that I follow.
At the core of each of these experiences, I wanted and I still want now to learn more about how other fathers are fairing in their pursuit of responsible fatherhood. I want validation for my own efforts and shortcomings as a father. I want to learn more about the reality of fathering in the context of the already fine balance between work, love, personal interests, health, and spirituality.
There is rightfully a flood of written and multi-media support material for mothers. Mothers know the value of receiving support from other mothers. Online websites, forums, chat rooms, etcetera abound in the support of motherhood and I couldn't be more pleased with this. However, I've found that similar support for fathers is severely lacking. I don't mean to say that there is not already some great fatherhood support out there, but it certainly pales in comparison with that which is made available in support of motherhood.
In the same way that I have gained insights into motherhood through reading mother-oriented content, I feel that mothers might gain the similar insights into fatherhood with the availability of more readily available online fatherhood content. This understanding might empower mothers by enabling them to provide more effective encouragement and support to fathers.
Nevertheless, children would be the biggest benefactors of an increase in resources that support responsible and true fatherhood. The quality and quantity of a child's interactions with their father would likely increase if that father were to receive greater support from a community of fathers who are facing the same struggles. This has certainly been my own experience. Additionally fathers with such support might also take a more active role in the indirect, behind-the-scenes care and planning of their child's intellectual, social, psychological, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.
The sparse articles, advice, and experiences on responsible fatherhood which are currently available have helped me to "raise the bar" of my own responsible fatherhood initiative. They have helped me "step up" to the challenge of fatherhood in the way that I had originally expected and sought after. These resources, along with my interactions with other fathers facing similar ambitions, struggles, and limitations have helped me to extend myself, to become a better father, and to improve my character, or so I'd like to believe. If this experience might hold true for other fathers then I invite fathers to seek out and build up online fatherhood content, to share and discuss tips and advice for fathers, and to exchange true fatherhood experiences in the pursuit of responsible fatherhood.
Fatherhood was always an aspect of life that I knew I must explore. In the years leading up to my own fatherhood experiences I had an increasing belief that fatherhood was an essential ingredient in the character that I hoped to build for myself. Of course, I additionally felt the urge to pass along my knowledge, genes, morals, ethics, and philosophy to someone who I knew would become the most fascinating person I would ever know.
In early 2006, what was beginning to seem unlikely became very likely; my wife became pregnant. Once this news arrived I found myself looking for guidance. I wanted to learn more about pregnancy, delivery, and fatherhood. I wanted to be a better father for my son than my father was to me.
I began my research immediately. I brought home at least 15 different books on pregnancy and early parenthood. I also subscribed to a few parenting magazines. As I started sorting through all of these resources and I quickly lost my steam. Somehow, after 100 pages it all seemed the same to me. I started to feel as though my research was complete. Just as I was about to return to my usual non-baby and non-parenting readings I discovered an article written by a father hidden in the back of one of those baby magazines.
I was immediately pulled in to the article. Not only was the article written by a real father, but it was written about true fatherhood. This was not the textbook definition of fatherhood, but the realities of fatherhood, the struggles, the successes, and the fulfillment. I searched through the back issues and discovered that this was a regularly occurring column. I devoured each article and was left wanting more.
I've never been big into male-bonding, in fact, most of my friends have always been women; however, through those articles I discovered that fellow fathers could offer me something that no one else could. As I survived my first year of fatherhood I found my appetite for learning about other father's experiences and hearing their advice was never completely satiated.
As the surge of new fatherhood energy has long been spent and the challenges of true fatherhood have set deeply in, I've found myself unconsciously seeking out true fatherhood experiences wherever they may be found. Professional conversations with fathers inevitably turned towards the topic of fatherhood. In fact, almost every conversation with a father would turn to this same topic. I even began analyzing the fatherly point of view of characters in the few television programs that I follow.
At the core of each of these experiences, I wanted and I still want now to learn more about how other fathers are fairing in their pursuit of responsible fatherhood. I want validation for my own efforts and shortcomings as a father. I want to learn more about the reality of fathering in the context of the already fine balance between work, love, personal interests, health, and spirituality.
There is rightfully a flood of written and multi-media support material for mothers. Mothers know the value of receiving support from other mothers. Online websites, forums, chat rooms, etcetera abound in the support of motherhood and I couldn't be more pleased with this. However, I've found that similar support for fathers is severely lacking. I don't mean to say that there is not already some great fatherhood support out there, but it certainly pales in comparison with that which is made available in support of motherhood.
In the same way that I have gained insights into motherhood through reading mother-oriented content, I feel that mothers might gain the similar insights into fatherhood with the availability of more readily available online fatherhood content. This understanding might empower mothers by enabling them to provide more effective encouragement and support to fathers.
Nevertheless, children would be the biggest benefactors of an increase in resources that support responsible and true fatherhood. The quality and quantity of a child's interactions with their father would likely increase if that father were to receive greater support from a community of fathers who are facing the same struggles. This has certainly been my own experience. Additionally fathers with such support might also take a more active role in the indirect, behind-the-scenes care and planning of their child's intellectual, social, psychological, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.
The sparse articles, advice, and experiences on responsible fatherhood which are currently available have helped me to "raise the bar" of my own responsible fatherhood initiative. They have helped me "step up" to the challenge of fatherhood in the way that I had originally expected and sought after. These resources, along with my interactions with other fathers facing similar ambitions, struggles, and limitations have helped me to extend myself, to become a better father, and to improve my character, or so I'd like to believe. If this experience might hold true for other fathers then I invite fathers to seek out and build up online fatherhood content, to share and discuss tips and advice for fathers, and to exchange true fatherhood experiences in the pursuit of responsible fatherhood.
Selasa, 18 Juli 2017
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Rabu, 12 Juli 2017
How and When Do Overseas Filipino Workers Celebrate Father's Day?
Did you have a memorable Mother's Day? I hope you all did. Perhaps you will agree with me that we should also celebrate Father's day, do you? I am sure you do. Besides, the role of a Father is not easy too.
You might now be thinking of a personalized gift for your Dad, perhaps a special gift package or a unique gift for him like watching together with his favorite sports game live.
But you might ask how can you celebrate this special occasion if the Father himself is working abroad? How can they enjoy if they are not together? How can you as a Father feel the satisfaction of being honored and being respected by your sons, daughter and by your wife? If you have not been away with your family for quite a long time, I presume you will not imagine how difficult it is.
Well being an Overseas Filipino Worker, OFW as we are commonly called, it is really difficult. But you might be amazed if I tell you the ways how we OFW celebrate Father's day here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in particular. As far as I know, though Saudi Nationals does not celebrate Father's day at all expatriates like us who believes in it somehow celebrate it silently. How? I will tell you how.
In Saudi Arabia, the weekend is on Thursdays and Fridays. Yes, it is not on Saturdays and Sundays as we commonly follow from our countries. Father's Day is celebrated on the third day of the month of June by most countries in the world. Except for some countries like Australia, which is celebrated on the third Sunday of the month of September. The question now is how and when do we OFWs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia celebrate Father's day?
OFWs, particularly in Saudi Arabia, generally can be grouped into two, the first group is those OFWs whose families are staying with them, and the second groups are those workers who do not have any family with them.
Let me discuss the "Family status" first. As I have mentioned earlier we do it "silently". We celebrate it at home with my kids and my wife. A simple dinner with our favorite chicken "Tinola", it is one of our favorite dish where the chicken is chopped into smaller pieces, boiled, mixed with salt, garlic, sliced ginger and sliced green papaya. Then each of my children hands over their gifts to me. Each one of them gives me a kiss on the cheek. Of course, I have a special kiss from my wife too. We then watch the "TFC" TV show together. This is done on the actual Father's day. Some families go to restaurants and invite their best friends to have a dinner with them.
Now, the "Bachelor Status" celebrates it differently. With the new Cell Phone technology, SMS messages, voice mail and video mail play the major role of receiving Father's day greetings from their love ones. Cell phone business is really booming here in Saudi Arabia. It has surpassed the long distance call popularity and the Greeting Cards from the Mail. Sending Greeting cards via email took it over. To be able to communicate with their loved ones on the actual Father's Day is enough for them to celebrate Father's Day. The personal touch that Cell Phone and Internet service is providing somehow eased their loneliness.
There is one more method that we OFW's do to celebrate Father's Day, it is a group celebration. There are various Filipino Sports and Community Charity organizations that organize this special event not on the actual third Sunday of the month of June, but hold it on a Friday. It is either the Friday before the actual day or the Friday after actual Father's day. The reason for this is Friday is a weekend in Saudi Arabia, as I mentioned earlier, so most Filipinos can attend this gathering. Each member gives their share, either money or some food items. This is usually done in the Philippine Embassy Compound, locations where they hold their Sports events, or they hire a For Rent Community Compound, which we call it "Estaraha" in Arabic term. Is this method effective? I believe it does help. It relieves their loneliness for their loved ones. I know because I experienced it before. By just seeing someone from your own country in a different land gives you strange happy feelings.
In conclusion, wherever you are, being with your Father and loved ones and being away from them, does not stop you from conveying your respect, care and love to them. What is important is you try your best to get in touch with him and make sure he gets it and feel it. No other gift can replace the true love and care that you can give to him. As for Fathers like us, let us try our best to fulfill our duties and responsibilities as a Father. If we shower our love to our children and wife, for sure they will give it back to you. Everyday, even if it is not a Father's day!
Happy Father's to all!
You might now be thinking of a personalized gift for your Dad, perhaps a special gift package or a unique gift for him like watching together with his favorite sports game live.
But you might ask how can you celebrate this special occasion if the Father himself is working abroad? How can they enjoy if they are not together? How can you as a Father feel the satisfaction of being honored and being respected by your sons, daughter and by your wife? If you have not been away with your family for quite a long time, I presume you will not imagine how difficult it is.
Well being an Overseas Filipino Worker, OFW as we are commonly called, it is really difficult. But you might be amazed if I tell you the ways how we OFW celebrate Father's day here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in particular. As far as I know, though Saudi Nationals does not celebrate Father's day at all expatriates like us who believes in it somehow celebrate it silently. How? I will tell you how.
In Saudi Arabia, the weekend is on Thursdays and Fridays. Yes, it is not on Saturdays and Sundays as we commonly follow from our countries. Father's Day is celebrated on the third day of the month of June by most countries in the world. Except for some countries like Australia, which is celebrated on the third Sunday of the month of September. The question now is how and when do we OFWs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia celebrate Father's day?
OFWs, particularly in Saudi Arabia, generally can be grouped into two, the first group is those OFWs whose families are staying with them, and the second groups are those workers who do not have any family with them.
Let me discuss the "Family status" first. As I have mentioned earlier we do it "silently". We celebrate it at home with my kids and my wife. A simple dinner with our favorite chicken "Tinola", it is one of our favorite dish where the chicken is chopped into smaller pieces, boiled, mixed with salt, garlic, sliced ginger and sliced green papaya. Then each of my children hands over their gifts to me. Each one of them gives me a kiss on the cheek. Of course, I have a special kiss from my wife too. We then watch the "TFC" TV show together. This is done on the actual Father's day. Some families go to restaurants and invite their best friends to have a dinner with them.
Now, the "Bachelor Status" celebrates it differently. With the new Cell Phone technology, SMS messages, voice mail and video mail play the major role of receiving Father's day greetings from their love ones. Cell phone business is really booming here in Saudi Arabia. It has surpassed the long distance call popularity and the Greeting Cards from the Mail. Sending Greeting cards via email took it over. To be able to communicate with their loved ones on the actual Father's Day is enough for them to celebrate Father's Day. The personal touch that Cell Phone and Internet service is providing somehow eased their loneliness.
There is one more method that we OFW's do to celebrate Father's Day, it is a group celebration. There are various Filipino Sports and Community Charity organizations that organize this special event not on the actual third Sunday of the month of June, but hold it on a Friday. It is either the Friday before the actual day or the Friday after actual Father's day. The reason for this is Friday is a weekend in Saudi Arabia, as I mentioned earlier, so most Filipinos can attend this gathering. Each member gives their share, either money or some food items. This is usually done in the Philippine Embassy Compound, locations where they hold their Sports events, or they hire a For Rent Community Compound, which we call it "Estaraha" in Arabic term. Is this method effective? I believe it does help. It relieves their loneliness for their loved ones. I know because I experienced it before. By just seeing someone from your own country in a different land gives you strange happy feelings.
In conclusion, wherever you are, being with your Father and loved ones and being away from them, does not stop you from conveying your respect, care and love to them. What is important is you try your best to get in touch with him and make sure he gets it and feel it. No other gift can replace the true love and care that you can give to him. As for Fathers like us, let us try our best to fulfill our duties and responsibilities as a Father. If we shower our love to our children and wife, for sure they will give it back to you. Everyday, even if it is not a Father's day!
Happy Father's to all!
Rabu, 05 Juli 2017
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Would you wish to acquire discount whilst shopping? You have to look at H mart if you're. You are consistently offered by this department shop with promotions and excellent discounts. It is possible to have a peek at H mart Weekly Ad to find the very best deals you can get out. H mart is a wonderful spot for shopping. This department store has been known for higher quality goods, its support, and reductions. Additionally, the plan and display of the dept. shop is brilliant. Consequently, you choose and can store with relaxation.
He constructed a primary H mart department shop. This department store sells broad assortment of merchandise. A number of them are electronic equipment, accessories, bedding, furniture, and clothes. These products are provided in discount on vacations and dates. If you store the product you may get around 70 percent off discount. To find out reduction and promotion, H mart Revenue Advertisement This Month must be viewed by you.
As a wise shopper, assessing that advertisement is essential. Regarding H mart pricing, you can find out a lot of things with this ad. Consequently, you'll have the ability to decide on the best product to purchase to be able to find the best bargain. Checking this out advertisement will also allow you to compare H mart cost with another dept. shop. You have to visit its store when you discovered the best price in H mart advertisement. You'll have to find in case it occurs.
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