FATHERS
(See also Families; Headship; Honorary Titles; Husbands; Jehovah; Mothers; Parents; Stepfamilies)
Aramaic word: ad 11-12; w66 477
communication with family: fl 106; w72 643-644
discussion: ad 569
disfellowshipped children: w81 9/15 28-29
example for children: km 10/83 2
experiences:
appreciating responsibility to family: yb70 100; yb68 248-249; yb64 144-145; yb63 295-296
learns truth by son’s example: yb86 54
pioneering: km 12/72 5-6; w71 339
training of children: g71 2/22 11
tries mother’s duties for 70 days: g78 11/22 30
failure: g71 1/8 30; w69 451; w62 457
“father’s house” as used in Bible: ad 570
headship: w85 3/15 25-27; w78 8/15 3; w77 551-552; w75 16; w75 153-154, 156; w75 219; w72 224; w71 376
example of Noah: w85 3/15 26; w85 4/15 30
humility: w80 11/1 23; w78 2/1 7; w70 502-503
importance: fl 103; g78 10/22 6; g72 8/22 29-30
to baby: g77 8/22 8
Jehovah: w81 1/15 31; w74 313; w74 447-448; w71 583; w71 633; g70 1/22 27-28; w66 644; w65 470; g65 3/8 7-8; w63 422-423; g63 6/22 5; w62 333, 554-555, 592-594; wr 5-7, 42-46; g62 9/22 6; ns 30-31; w53 248-249; g53 1/8 25; lg 162-163; w51 488-489; w50 325-328; g48 9/22 24; w44 371; w43 362-363, 378-379; w40 60-61; v-1 158
booklet to help Buddhists of Southeast Asia believe in: sc 3-31
“Father of the celestial lights” (Jas 1:17): cj 32-34; w76 30
Jesus Christ: w83 10/1 21; go 188-189; lp 73-74; ts 167; w70 629-630; sv 29-30; g70 1/22 27; g70 10/8 23-24; w62 333
material support of aged: w62 438-441
meaning of term: g70 1/22 27; w62 593; wr 43; w47 61; ch 177; g35 7/3 625
occurrences in Bible: g70 1/22 27
Paul a spiritual father: g70 1/22 27-28; w55 263; w52 383
qualities desirable in: w85 11/1 21-24; w75 15
responsibility to family: w76 703-704; g76 2/8 4; g76 2/22 3-4; w75 14-15; w75 433-434; w74 83, 86, 89-90; w74 117-118, 122; g74 7/22 22-23; tp73 175-176; g72 1/8 4; g72 9/22 27-28; w71 104; w71 582-583; ad 311-313; w70 36, 155, 315; w70 315; w68 108-114; g68 1/8 11-12; g68 2/8 28-29; w67 67-68, 311, 392, 724; w66 296, 455, 572-573, 703; w64 137-143; g64 4/8 4; g64 8/22 31; g64 11/22 8-9; g64 12/8 30; w63 444-446, 571, 573; g63 5/22 18; g63 6/22 5; g63 7/22 4, 8-10; w62 205-206, 210-212, 341, 457-462; g62 4/8 17-19; g62 10/22 17-20; w61 88, 173-174, 182; g61 8/22 30; w59 466, 550-552; g59 3/22 12-16; w57 181-182; w56 639; w55 214; g54 9/22 21-24; w52 511; el 247-256; g30 9/17 829
right of: g71 9/22 30
role in child training: fl 102-103, 105-106; w75 14-16; w75 156-157
son’s view: w70 440-441
stepfathers: w84 10/15 21-25
survey as to father’s influence on a child’s religiousness: w81 7/15 10
Sweden:
paid paternity leave: g77 3/8 30
teaching children about God: w81 7/15 10; w75 15; w75 157; g74 2/8 8-10; g68 3/8 3-8
use as title: g70 1/22 27-28; ms 243; w62 573; ns 30; w57 242; g56 9/22 26; w55 262-263; rm 275; w49 92; w44 170-171; co 46-48; g37 9/22 817; g35 7/3 625
use in Bible: ad 569, 636; w70 544
in Hebrew Scriptures: w51 488
when children grow up and leave home: g83 2/8 3-12