The key to avoiding this is to keep in mind that the child’s will is their own. They must do what their free will tells them to do, not what the parent’s will is.

When I was growing up, I hated football and all masculine contact sports. I was more interested in writing and art. I have a Bachelor’s degree in art, so I can relate to your situation.

A father must also contain all four pillars of the Witches Square himself, including the feminine ones. Our society today wants them to only have the feminine pillars of love and trust. In their push to be more masculine, fathers need to retain the feminine pillars within, while being strong with the masculine pillars.

The biggest challenge, and mystery, of fatherhood is to find the balance point with all four parts of the Witches Square and promote it in all of their children. This is extremely difficult for one person to do, which is a reason why it’s best to have two parents who embody the masculine and feminine forces (regardless of their physical sex).

The feminine parent can focus more on promoting the feminine pillars and the masculine parent can focus more on the masculine pillars. The mystery is to balance these with the need to also develop an equal balance of all four pillars.

The other challenge a father has is that in pushing his children to excel, he needs to not only see their potential, but also their true limits. There is a point that if a father pushes his children too far, it can cause either emotional or physical damage. It is similar to a sports coach. He needs to know how many reps the players should do in training, but not ask them to do so many that it causes injury. The challenge in this is pushing enough, but not too much.

Fatherhood is not an easy job.

Thanks for the thoughtful comment.