paternal love
A father's devotion
Paternal love is the affection a father feels for his children.
The term emphasizes the protective, guiding quality traditionally associated with fatherhood: His paternal love showed in how he taught his son to ride a bike.
The phrase can extend to father-like care from any source: The coach's paternal love for his players was evident.
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- daddy's girlDaughter favored by father
- protectionGuarding against harm
- bondingForming close connections
- warmthHeat you feel
bedtime stories · attachment · tenderness · legacy · compassion · empathy · mentoring · emotional security · devotion · family values · sacrifice · guidance · tradition · provision · loyalty · pride · supporting · encouragement
- familymother, parents, siblings, parent, son
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- family bondsparent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty, marriage
- fatherhooddad, daddy, papa, pa, pop
- family themesmother figure, parent, child, brother, sister
- romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
paternal lovematernal love
A mother's deep bond
mother's love · motherly love · maternal affection · maternal care · maternal devotion
paternal, paternally, paternalism, paternalist, paternalistic, paternity, patriarch, patriarchy, patriarchal