Thank you for asking this. I am gonna be a father myself within the next 3 months.

The feeling of being dad is so joyful that it may bring anyone under pressure. I am feeling it and I bet most men do.

Now what it takes to be the best Dad is that we must remember only one word 'involvement'. Be the same age person as your child is. When he is toddler, bend your knees too. When he goes to school, take interest in his books and notebooks. When he becomes adult, take part in his life like a true friend. When he finds his love of life, share your experience like a love guru, when he goes for work, tell him how to handle all the complexities of life, when he is sad, weep with him first then say, you're always with him, when he wins, celebrate like you have won.

All the things that I told you above are what I have seen in my dad. I'm from India and we're living in a joint family so we always don't need to be the best. But my father did everything what he could because he didn't get his father's love due to my grandpa's untimely demise.