I have been planning to be a father for as long as I remember. Not just any father. I was to be the best father ever, super "Dad". I didn't know what that meant of course, and it turns out, I am a human. Naturally... I learned plenty of lessons in parenting. And I always do the best I know with the information I have at any given time. Like all of us, I think ๐ค. I have now been a father nearly half of my life. My kids are both of driving age. And they are my crowning achievement, my proudest creative expression, thus far. They are truly remarkable young adults, in my humble opinion. I believe both their mother and I have done an amazing job in respective rolls in shaping our children.
And yet, from many completely valid perspectives, I am easily described as a less than stellar father... a dead beat dad even. My ego wants to respond to these voices, and scream "zoom out, there is more to see here!" But... it doesn't seem to help. Obviously there are a lot of ways to see it all.
So I ask the stackers... In few and simple terms, what makes a great father in your view? Who gets to decide? Is there a universal definition of what makes a father? What are some other words for father in your own language? Is there a connection between GOD and father? What is your experience of a father? What sets the father's roll apart from others in a family dynamic?
I love to hear from you all
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