A 79-year-old Isipingo father and grandfather will be spending Father's Day with his family for the first time in almost three years.
TONY Chami currently stays at Tafta’ Lucas Gardens’ old age home.
“I have two children and four grandchildren. Tafta had strict protocols on visitors especially at the beginning of 2020 due to the pandemic, therefore I would not get to spend quality time with my family. Seeing my children for the first time in almost three years brings joy to my heart.”
He said every father has an important role to play in his children’s lives.
“The impact of a father in a child’s life is important because it provides the basic foundation on which the child’s growth depends. The father is the ideal role model, like a superhero. That is why daughters are generally inclined to look up to fathers for support and guidance.”
Chami thinks that Father’s Day has become highly commercialised and an imposition for gift giving on a particular day.
“A gift can be bought during any shopping spree. Buy it, and give it as a pleasant surprise for a father...
“I love the fact that people get to bond with their parents and shower them with gifts (over Father’s Day and Mother’s Day).”
Chami said how he spends Father’s Day depends on how it was planned.
“As I have four children it is always good to get together as a family. Exchanging gifts may vary from time to time.”
Chami shared some advice for fathers who are not present in their children’s lives: “Reunite and hug them before it is too late. Make up before you are sorry.”
However, he said he believed that most fathers today do take care of their families.
Father’s Day will be celebrated on June 19 in South Africa.
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