It has been said in many a section of our communities that the world is sick. Its sickness, a gradual but deadly pestilence that has nearly eroded completely the essential ingredient called fatherhood. Fatherhood, or lack of it is a difficult argument and many have put forward great presentations in defense of either their stand or their emotions. Yes, I said emotions, for this is what the blame game has degenerated into. It’s now almost a debate between feminists and chauvinists on who is to blame for the sickness of the world. Parenting is often a complex and difficult task. Even more complex is fatherhood especially when you wish to bring up kids who espouse the very best of human values. The complexity is mainly due to the fact that we always want our children not only to do better than us but also to be better all round including being better human that us. A daunting task indeed. Training children to be better than you is not walk in the park let alone training them not to be li...