My Son Is Teaching Me How To Be A Good Father And A Good Human Being
You’d be surprised just how much adults can learn from children
When I lost my dad to illness back in 2013, I was roughly 8 months away from getting married. The thought that one of the most important people in my life would not be at my wedding was heart-breaking.
It was also scary when my wife and I found out she was pregnant.
I was going to be a father and the person that I needed the most to guide me on how to be a good father was no longer around.
So, when my son arrived and it was time for me to be a proper father, I did the only thing I could think to do — remember how my own father was to me and do the same for my son.
I felt like the only way I could be a good father to my son was to be like my father, to do the things that he did for me when I was a kid.
But my son had other ideas and over the last 5 and a half years, he’s taught me so much more than I could imagine on how to be a good father but more importantly, on how to be a good human being.
We’re all different and that’s OK
My son looks like me, according to family and friends. However, his behaviour, personality, and…
