What 14 Dads Wish They Told Their Kids More Often
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PARENTING IS A LONG GAME, AND MISTAKES ARE A BIG PART OF IT. THIS IS HARDLY
SHOCKING. YOU KNOW YOU WON’T ACE EVERYTHING, BUT, IN THE END, YOU HOPE THAT YOU
DID FAR MORE RIGHT THAN WRONG. AS YOU GROW — AND WATCH YOUR KIDS GROW — IT’S
NATURAL TO REFLECT ON THE THINGS YOU COULD’VE SAID DIFFERENTLY OR MORE OFTEN
ALONG THE WAY. MAYBE YOU MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO BOLSTER YOUR CHILD’S CONFIDENCE
OR FAILED TO MAKE SURE YOUR MESSAGES WERE CLEAR. IT HAPPENS. AND IT’S ALSO GOOD
TO HEAR FROM DADS WHO’VE BEEN THERE SO YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEIR REGRETS. THAT’S
WHY WE SPOKE TO 14 DADS ABOUT WHAT THEY WISH THEY TOLD THEIR KIDS MORE OFTEN
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. UNSURPRISINGLY, THEY ALL WISHED THEY WERE CLEARER AND
MORE CONSISTENT WITH CERTAIN MESSAGES. HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID.
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WHAT I WISH I SAID TO MY KIDS MORE OFTEN WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG
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THIS IS WHAT 14 EXPERIENCED DADS WISH THEY TOLD THEIR KIDS MORE WHEN THEY WERE
GROWING UP.
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TIPS AND TRICKS
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF “I DON’T KNOW”
PARENTS FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING, THOUGH THEY RARELY DO. AND
THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH ACKNOWLEDGING TO YOUR CHILD THAT YOU DON’T HAVE AN
ANSWER. IT’S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN MAKING SOMETHING UP, WHICH COULD BACKFIRE AS
THEY GET OLDER.
SAYING “I DON’T KNOW” IS PERFECTLY REASONABLE BUT SHOULD ALSO BE FOLLOWED UP BY
AN EFFORT TO FIND OUT. THAT’S NOT CRAZY HARD TO DO. THIS IS A WORLD IN WHICH THE
ANSWERS TO ALMOST EVERYTHING A KID WOULD WANT TO KNOW CAN BE FOUND ON THE
SUPERCOMPUTERS FOUND IN PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE’S POCKET.
THE POWER OF “I DON’T KNOW” IS THAT IT IS A LAUNCHPAD FOR SHOWING KIDS THE POWER
OF RESEARCH, LEARNING, AND CURIOSITY. IT’S A GATEWAY TO DEVELOPING A SHARED
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD, ONE GOOGLE SEARCH OR LIBRARY TRIP AT A TIME.
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MEN ARE DRINKING LESS RIGHT NOW. SO WHY ARE THEY SO UNHAPPY ABOUT IT?
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