It's from a poem by William Wordsworth:
MY heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow old
Or let me die!
The child is father of the man:
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety
The phrase means that what we are when young gives shape and, in a sense, gives birth to what we are when grown.
The verb form of "father" is "fathered." It is used to describe the act of someone becoming a father to a child.
jr simply means junior such as Martin Luther King jr. It means a man shares the same name as his father (it is rarely used for women) and is used to distinguish between them. On his father's death a man will usually drop the Jr tag.
No, it is a noun. A son is a male child (human offspring), whose direct ancestor is his father.
"my father is the son of my father and of my mother"(I noticed something weird in your sentence, by the way)
The denotative meaning of "father" refers to a male parent, typically in relation to their child or children. It is a biological or legal relationship that implies responsibility, care, and authority in a family setting.
Child Is Father to the Man was created on 1968-02-21.
An adoptive father is a man who has adopted a child.
The cast of The Child is Father of the Man - 1979 includes: Nicolette McKenzie as Herself - Commentator
No.It is a derivation from a like titled poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, "The Child is Father to the Man," published 1 January 1923:The Child is father to the manThe Child is father to the man. How can he be? The words are wild.Suck any sense from that who can:'The child is father to the man.'No; what the poet did write ran,'The man is father to the child.''The child is father to the man!'How can he be? The words are wild.It is a misquoting of a line from the William Wordsworth poem, "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold," written 26 March 1802:My Heart Leaps Up When I BeholdMy heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky;So was it when my life began;So is it now I am a man;So be it when I shall grow old,Or let me die!The Child is father of the Man ;And I could wish my days to beBound each to each by natural piety.
the man she was living with was NOT the biological father, but he was under the assumption that he was and was supporting and raising the child as his own. what rights does he have
If a man and woman marries, have a child together and the mother dies, then the man becomes a widowed father.
Get a DNA test.
A biological father is a man who contributes genetic material to the conception of a child, while a legal father is a man who has been recognized as the father of a child by law, often through marriage or paternity establishment.
The man on the birth certificate.
Your marriage to someone who is not the father of the kids should have no effect on your right to child support from their father.
poet William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth in The Rainbow