Srila Prabhupada's father always treated him with great affection as a most special person and saw to it that his son learned the practice of Krishna consciousness from his very birth.
He gave Srila Prabhupada Radha-Krishna deities for his childhood play. He arranged mridanga drum and harmonium music lessons and in time Srila Prabhupada became accomplished in devotional music.
He also made sure his son learned sanskrit, the practically inaccessable language of the vedic scriptures that he would later translate for all the world to understand.
Later, when there was talk of Srila Prabhupada studying Law in England , his father objected: "He will learn drinking and woman-hunting - I do not want his money!"
In these ways, Srila Prabhupada was always supported by his affectionate father on the spiritual path.