Working with Working Families Communication Tips for Parents and Kids Information and news releases furnished by the members of PR Newswire, who are responsible for their fact and content. As Father's Day approaches, many men are reflecting on how they can be better fathers. Achieving balance between work and family is a struggle for many fathers and requires more than just scheduling. First with Stephen R. Covey and Rebecca Merrill. While showing up is good, events are not a substitute for the thousands of little interactions that take place between events.
Life is what happens between events.
And, to some extent, it does. They fit in, just like a meeting or appointment at work. Attendance can show love and support. But if we don't schedule time to just 'be there,' we end up teaching that it takes an 'event' to get Dad's attention. Some things just cannot be scheduled.