Father’s Day is on the 21st of June, and although gifting is the obvious thing to do, what does this day actually mean to us? As daughters and sons, but also as the wives of the fathers of our children?

The role of fathers has changed massively in the last generation or so for some, but for others, tradition still reigns supreme, with moms at home with the kids and fathers going out and earning a living to support their families. Whatever your personal circumstances, how do you feel about your father?

It’s a truly complicated question. I grew up in the age where fathers were the breadwinners, and that was their role. As far as childrearing was concerned, that was more my mother’s domain. My mom often tells us stories of when we were babies or toddlers, and how my father (in my case) would walk up and down our long passage at night with me in the pram, because I was such a terrible sleeper and my mom was horribly sleep-deprived because of it. But as an adult, or even a tee

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