The connection to the child comes through his honor. The connection a woman has to her child comes through her maternal instinct.
I'm not a man but from what I've seen a man's love for his kids comes from exactly the same place as a woman's. My heart. Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood. Given to me to love, protect and cherish, and make strong to face the world. A man I know said about his daughter "looking at her is like seeing the ocean for the first time". I don't think his feeling of connection needed to detour through his honor. It was just there.
Maybe the fathers on this board can chime in from their perspective. I'd be interested to hear how they feel.
