There’s been a lot said about bullying, bullies, and the bullied recently, so I hope I’m writing something a little different. I’ve offered a number of suggestions for you to analyze and decide if it will work in your situation. I was bullied as a kid. Sometimes kids who are bullied become bullies themselves. Just like children who are abused become abusers themselves. … [Read more...] about Bullying
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The Twenty Four Hour Father
My son changed the heading of our blog to 20 4 Hour Father and I thought maybe I should talk about that. I think about both my children often during the day even though they are now grown. But when they were kids my wife and I often talked about them and what we should or should not do in raising them. At night, when I couldn’t sleep, I’d think about something they’d done or … [Read more...] about The Twenty Four Hour Father
Giving Your Kids Unconditional Love
Refer to the Seven Most Important Fathering Skills for previous blogs. Unconditional love should have been in my list of seven most important fathering skills, but in life, new ideas (or old ideas in this case) come along and surprise us. It was while watching my son and daughter-in-law working with their children (4 and 18 months) that I remembered how important this skill … [Read more...] about Giving Your Kids Unconditional Love
The Seven Most Important Fathering Skills I Learned in My 36 Years as a Father
Stephen asked me to start our first post by listing what I think are the seven (7) fathering skills I thought were the most import skills I learned in my 36 years as a father, teacher, and coach. Here's my list of seven … [Read more...] about The Seven Most Important Fathering Skills I Learned in My 36 Years as a Father
Be a Dad, NOT a Friend
Being cool and your son or daughter's best friend is NOT the way to be a good parent or get close to your children. Children want parents who guide them and not a friend. That's what kids their age are for. You can be friendly with your child and do things with them, but you must always maintain your role as parent. I took my children on many an RV trip, backpacking, … [Read more...] about Be a Dad, NOT a Friend