Time is the greatest gift fathers can give their children. Finding time for children may mean setting limits on work hours or sacrificing a night at the gym or playing cards with the guys. But your children grow up very quickly and if you spend their childhood at the office or on the golf course, you ll miss it all. Try playing Stratego with your son or teaching your daughter how to fish and discover firsthand the mutual pleasure that comes from spending quality time with your children. There s a lot that kids can learn from Dads.
Dads have job skills, home skills, hobbies and expertise which children find interesting.
Get your kids involved in your leisure activities, teach them useful skills and share your work with them. You will be helping them learn and grow, while building a positive relationship with them. When you volunteer, you not only help your kid, you help everybody s kids. Volunteers are desperately needed for sports programs, scouting, school activities, church youth groups and in other community organizations. When your kid calls you Coach Dad, you realize the unique impact of volunteering for youth your own kid sees you through the eyes of his peers and you look pretty cool after all.