Prince also tells fathers it's important to look after their children mental health as much as physical health because majority of adolescent and adult social problems such as drug addiction is caused by poor state of child's mental health. Read his full advice after the cut:
"Today I celebrate my third Father's Day as a father, for me it is a day not just to celebrate how fortunate I am for my young family, but to reflect on just how much I've learned about fatherhood and the issues facing fathers in all walks of life. In particular, it is a time to reflect on my responsibility to look after not just the physical health of my two children, but to treat their mental need as just as important a priority."
"Along with Catherine and Harry, I have been spending a lot of time working on the issues around mental health. What we have seen time and time again is that so many of the issues that adolescents and adults are dealing with can be linked to unresolved childhood challenges- addicts that were not getting treatment for a serious psychological condition that started in their teens; men who committed suicide who had been depressed since they were in primary school; homeless teenagers who could not confront sigfinificant emotional challenges."
"Recent surveys have found that over half of parents have never broached the topic of mental well being with their children, and a third would feel like failures if their child needed help. That's so sad no parents whose child needs help is a failure. Taking the next step and actually getting help is what matters."
"Take the opportunity to discuss how you Re coping with life and fatherhood with your wife, partiner or with your friends. And know that if your son or daughter ever needs help, they need their fathers guidance and support just as much as they need their mothers. " he said.
Well fathers there you go catch the advice and put it into action for the best future of your kids.
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