My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother, for they will be a graceful ornament on your head and chains about your neck. So one of the major roles that fathers play, we often in the world particularly thinks of them as providers, and that is one of the big functions that we do fulfill as our role as fathers. But the role that particularly the world often overlooks is that of providing guidance, stability, instruction, and discipline in a family.