fathers
July 2008 
What would you like all fathers to know?
Posted on Jul 25th, 2008
by 
allison
allison
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 15, 2008:
Spend time with your kids and your family. You should never put work a head of your relationships. Your kids really want you to take an interest in their lives. They want you to be at all of their events, such as baseball games, dance recitals and talent show and science fairs. Even if they tell you they don't want you to be there, I promise you they do.
Try and spend a day every other weekend, or at least once a month, doing something with your kid while they are growing up (This will be harder, if not impossible once they become teenagers). Have date night with your daughter, or guys night out with your boys. Try and find a common interest, or try and take an interest in what they want to do. I promise that even if they don't seem to enjoy it at the time, they will cherish these moments and remember them for the rest of their lives.
Also, have family dinners and make them a requirement. Ask your kids to tell you about their day and genuinely listen to what they say. Do not have the tv on or have a newspaper/magazine in front of you. Take 30 minutes away from yourself and get involved in their lives. if they don't want to tell you, don't push them though. They will eventually open up and tell you everything you want to hear, and maybe even some of it you don't want to hear.
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