Every house and family has their principle, some parents decide to be strict with their children while some believes in being lenient with their offsprings, none of it is bad in as much in affects the children positively.
While growing up we were so close to our mother more than how we were to our dad, actually my dad works outside the state while our mum was only with us, even though my mum was close to us she never spoilt us to inculcate bad habit, it was a balanced bring up, she was friendly with us and also strict to us.
But my dad on the other side was strict with us, he hardly plays with us, even though he tries to make joke it was always stale to us, because we know the kind of person we are dealing with.
Even though my dad is strict,he cares so much for us and doesn't joke with anything that negates our health, I could remember a time my brothers and I went for an haircut, I was the last person to cut my hair and the apprentice barber mistakenly cuts my head, it wasn't funny that day, he angrily went there to fight the barber and seized all the clippers in the shop until the boss arrives.
In almost every house fathers are always strict and mothers always are soft hearted, it's a natural thing no man can explain, I have noticed and noted this and I don't want to be a victim, even though bringing up offsprings isn't an easy job, there are lots of work associated with being a parent, is it the finance, moral, education, what about frustration from the children and lots more...as parents we will surely encounter this, but we have to be careful how we deal with these so as not to be a bad Father from the children while the mum takes all credit
The first habit I will imbibe into myself is finding time to be with my children, I won't be an harsh father and rather will I be too soft, I will definitely share an equal proportion of love between them, this is also a mistake most parents make, where they show more love, affection and care to their children