Dads do teach their children, whether for good or for ill. Dads who are attentive, kind, virtuous teach their children. Dads who are inattentive, cruel, insensitive teach their children, too. It's a simple fact of life. Like father, like son.
Kids inevitably become a chip off the old block in many ways.
You know, it's natural for kids to want to be like their pop, especially if they're boys. It's natural to want to emulate their parents, especially their dad. The fact is that all of us in many ways turn into our parents. Sometimes we learn what to emulate, sometimes we learn from our parents what to avoid. Unfortunately, sometimes we learn to emulate what we should be avoiding, and that's kind of my lesson here in this short talk with you.