"I will show you to your rooms while my father prepares the evening meal."

Your father is preparing you to be the new leader.

He had seen no sign that his father was preparing to journey west.

He told them that his father was preparing to make war against the people who sat on their heels.

My father didn't prepare me for that about you.

His father had been preparing him to assume a place next to the king in the event he could not.

His father asks him for a last drink together and prepares tea.

As a boy, he helped his father, and accountant, prepare tax returns.

Back home, the father prepares to put on the ring and meet his fate.

From a very young age his father prepared him for military service.