But . . . do we do this and if we do, do we do it well? Most don't and yes, I as a an older Dad in looking back – I see I didn't really try to ponder and pursue this in any type of a direct way when our kids were growing up. Now, are our adult kids today struggling because of this? No . . . but I wonder if I had thought about this when they were preschool age, and in their kid years, and then again as they worked through their teen years, it may have helped them as they worked through their challenges as those arose. So, first, to my kids, I'm sorry for not really knowing how best to do the right things at the right time. Hence my efforts now to help younger Dads as best I can. |
Second, I don't have a perfect way of just saying, do this and do that and all will work out best. I do know that without insight, we all are just doing our best, but we'll probably have regrets. So, if you want as few regrets as possible, make the time to have those talks from time to time as to 'How are you doing?” with your kids. And one way or another – help to teach and to encourage your kids on gaining a strong self-confidence. For if we all are lucky, life is a long set of years and those years are better if we all have a good self-confidence . . . and not a self-serving ego. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-confidence. 2 Timothy 1:7 |