{"id":393903,"date":"2023-06-16T06:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=393903"},"modified":"2023-06-16T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:06:44","slug":"todays-superhero-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/todays-superhero-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Superhero Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Father\u2019s Day is this Sunday, June 18, traditionally set aside to honor and acknowledge the contributions that fathers make in the lives of their children and their own families.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394013\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-16-at-11.48.51-AM-233x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Nhorleen Lilles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnyone can father a child but being a dad takes a lifetime,\u201d an unknown pundit once said, and the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees. In their clinical report, these doctors underscored the fact that fathers play a role in every child\u2019s life that cannot be filled by others. Fathers mold our cognitive and emotional growth on which we build who we become later on in life.<\/p>\n<p>Dads are not just superheroes in the eyes of their children, but these hard facts show the truth behind this monicker. Fathers who are highly involved in their children\u2019s lives rear children with\u00a0increased mental dexterity, empathy, and greater self-control. Also, dads who play and roughhouse with their kids foster\u00a0better emotional intelligence, memory, learning, morals, and ethics in children.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these contributions, only 39%\u00a0of fathers believe they\u2019re doing a \u201cvery good job\u201d at being a dad, compared to\u00a051%\u00a0of mothers who believe in the merits of their contributions.<\/p>\n<p>The latest U.S. Census show that, as of 2022, there are 72.2 million fathers\u00a0nationwide. Globally, it is estimated that there is a total of 1.5 billion to 2 billion fathers in all.<\/p>\n<p>Changing attitudes on fatherhood have seen the millennial dad evolve into a much more hands-on parent than their baby boomer and Gen X counterparts. Today, there are about\u00a02 million to 4 million fathers who have opted to stay home and have become increasingly more likely than women to change careers, decline a pay raise, move, or leave the country\u00a0to better suit their family\u2019s needs. It\u2019s comforting to know that the millennial dad says \u201cI love you\u201d more frequently than their parents did and that more fathers are showing affection to their children than they received as kids.<\/p>\n<p>So, kudos goes to Dad, Poppa, Pops, Pappu, or whatever name he is known in your family. You are indeed a superhero nonpareil!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father\u2019s Day is this Sunday, June 18, traditionally set aside to honor and acknowledge the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":394013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supplement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}