I came across an interesting little article in the New York Times on the Basics of Fatherhood that offered up eight simple rules to help frame the qualities that might shape a ‘good father’. It discussed (and linked to) an article by family therapist Marie Hartwell-Walker more broadly talks about the role of fathers in the modern world. Both are well worth checking out if you are a father, or are soon to be one.
I would like to think that I go alright on all of these, although to be honest, I could do a little more work on a few (as is always the case). It probably serves a useful purpose now and again to stop and assess how we are going in such an important role. As an aside, I like point seven, I try to make all discipline fun!
I would like to think that I go alright on all of these, although to be honest, I could do a little more work on a few (as is always the case). It probably serves a useful purpose now and again to stop and assess how we are going in such an important role. As an aside, I like point seven, I try to make all discipline fun!
- Embrace your responsibility
- Be there
- Be there throughout their childhoods
- Respond to the needs of the kids, not your relationship with their mother
- Be in a respectful and appreciative relationship with their mother
- Do your financial share
- Balance discipline with fun
- Be a role model of adult manhood
Comments
Oh well. Glad there is hope in your generation. So there is no "naughty chair" in the McCracken
home?