This whole post is full of spoilers so beware, I did not use spoiler alert in it.
Ok of the fathers given I will comment on each.
Roger: At first abysmal, hated his son, wanted him to die, even thought he might be Burke's son instead of his own. At least inspired his son to want to kill him. Later improves but becomes a bit too permissive.
Sam: I agree with the consenses that Sam was a good father. Yes he was an alcoholic but he cared deeply for Maggie. Look at the tender care he took of her when she was being victimized by Barnabas. The one thing I question is how much of the money was from her job and how much from his painting? Was she supporting him or was he at least making enough for the household expenses so that her money was just helping?
Richard Garner: Well his son did want to be a lawyer and he joined his father in the business. That's a good thing.
Dr. Lang: he wasn't around long enough to have an impact on Adam. That was Barn's domain and he failed miserably. However I think Barnabas would have made a good father. When he was left caring for David and Amy he did a good job in spite of what Roger the nit thought!
Paul Stoddard: Sucked at first, even walked out on his wife and daughter and was gone for 20 years! Sold his daughter to the Leviathans with no care at all! But when he returned he made up for a lot of this, sure you can't make up for 20 years of neglect but he did try to establish a relationship with her and really regretted what he had done 20 years earlier.
Philip Todd: I don't think he can be blamed for how his "son" turned out. Megan was too darn permissive and it's like he had no say at all! Not to mention this kid was anything but normal!
Joshua: Sucked big time! But seemed to improve when it was too late.
Reverend Trask: How long did Lamar know him before he was suddenly gone? No matter, he taught him the ways of sanctimonious prigism before leaving so much so that Lamar was every bit the sanctimonious prig dear old dad was.
Andre DuPres: I think from what we saw he was a good father, though he was suddenly gone around the middle of the storyline.
Quentin 1897: Once he learned he had children, he became a concerned father. He grieved for his son and cared when his daughter became sick.
Edward: What can you say about a man who put his kids in that sicko school worthington hall and kept sending them back there in spite of the fact that they were being abused there? And who wasn't even grateful to the man who saved their lives from his phoenix wife? Not much! Jamison loved his uncle more than his father. There were times Edward seemed to be a good father, but I wouldnt' give him the father of the year award.
Quentin PT: I wouldn't say his relationship with his son was all that great. He shouted at everyone and seemed more immature even than 1897 Quentin. There really weren't that many scenes between them.
Timothy Stokes: Had two step daughters, loved one, hated the other. Played favorites. ROTTEN! Committed a heinous deed to keep Angelique alive.
Daniel Collins 1840: LOUSY! Had two sons, loved one and despised the other. Say what you will about Gabriel but he wanted his father's love. I can't forget the scene when he confronted his father about how he had loved Quentin and hated him and all Daniel said. I flat can't stand it when a parent favors one kid over the other. Yeah you can assume I came up on the short end of this with one of my parents, not my dad but my mom!
Quentin: Not too many scenes with him and Tad but he loved Tad and Tad loved him. He took Tad to sea with him, they had a strong bond. Samantha lied and said he wasn't Tad's father but he knew that was a lie. Wonderful scene between him and Tad just before he was taken to prison.
Gabriel: SUCKED!!! Gak you never even see his kids but he packed them away to school rather than have them at home.
Ben Stokes: We do not see him with his own children but with his granddaughter Hallie who loved him.
Mordechai Grimes: He was a pissant. I didn't feel he had a good relationship with his son as Jeremy didn't want to be anything like him. Later after he died Jeremy turned against Quentin so there may have been more love than we thought.
Justin 1841 PT: We do not see him with his sons but we can assume that he was probably a good father as much as he could be with that nit curse hanging over the family. Melanie loved him.
Bramwell: Well he wasn't a father, yet. But he was concerned when he learned that Catherine was pregnant with his child. Some of this care might have been because of his feelings for Catherine.
Ben Stokes: I'd say he was a good father, he didn't want Carrie involved using her second sight but that was probably concern for her. Hard to say.
My own dad passed away this past September and I miss him very much. He was a wonderful father.
Alondra
