“As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.”
Psalm 103:13
Your kids don’t need a flawless father. They need one who keeps coming back.
Psalm 103 remembers God's mercy toward people who are fragile; a few lines later it says that God knows how we are formed. David uses a father's compassion to describe God's character, not to claim that every human father gets it right. If your own father was distant or harsh, this image may be complicated. The psalm points you toward a compassion larger than what you may have received.
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