Much to be written here - cs

The father, as head of the family, has many responsibilities:

1. As head of his wife - regarding how he leads his wife during this process
2. As ONE with his wife - regarding how he and his wife together lead their daughter and determine their answer to a proposal
3. As father of his daughter -
1. Well before betrothal
2. Just before betrothal
1. What a father should look for in a potential groom
2. What a father should expect from a potential groom
3. During betrothal
4. After consummation

- more to come -



Ah, but who to write it?-vo

The first responsibility to the father of the bride is to raise an obedient submissive daughter... who is prepared to transfer her submission to her new husband. Obviously this leaves two potential pitfalls:

1. She is not raised to be obedient and submissive (this would probably cover 95% of modern women) and
2. She is obedient and submissive... to her father, but is not prepared for the transfer, either because:
1. Her parents have not thought through the process of preparing her for the transfer or
2. Her parents are so caught up in their own authority that their jealousy prevents them from adequately preparing her.

I have heard stories of fathers of the bride who had/have the idea that the new groom will have to come to them and fulfill a whole series of tests and processes in order to convince the father that the are up to snuff. Besides the problem of entanglement what does this do to the new grooms authority? And to the brides ability to submit thereto?

The second responsibility is the yea/nay to the proposal. That is dealt with elsewhere.

The third responsibility is the continuation of the first... namely, now that our daughter is betrothed, how do we help her transfer her obedience and submission.