How is the theme of parent child relationship explored in the poems "if" "Poem at Thirty Nine", "Once Upon a Time" and three other poems?

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How is the theme of parent - child relationship explored in the poems "if" "Poem at Thirty Nine", "Once Upon a Time" and three other poems?

The poems here all talk about the theme of parent child relationship. The poem "if" talks about a father teaching his son how to become a man, "Poem at Thirty Nine" talks about the relationship between a father and a daughter and how she misses her father. The poem "Once Upon a Time" talks about the realtionship of a son and a father that has been westernized and the other three poems are also showing the parent child relationship theme in different ways.

The poem "If" written by Rudyard Kipling is a didactic poem, it differs from "Poem at Thirty Nine" by Alice Walker an African - American feminist, writer, poet and political activist who wrote this poem at the age of 39 after realising that her father had shaped her directly and indirectly from his actions. The common thing between "If" and "Poem at Thirty Nine" is that both the parents attempt to shape their children.

The difference between "If" and "Poem at Thirty Nine" is that Alice Walker is