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Feb 05
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Dont Live Life Vicariously

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You have one life, one opportunity to achieve whatever you desire. Children are not a second chance. Do you want to write a book or get your degree? Then get started! The time is going to pass either way so you might as well do something productive that brings you closer to those goals during the passing seconds. I was...
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Dec 07
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Dads & Daughters

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Be the masculine presence that shows her what a man is supposed to be and how he should act. I am a fortunate man in the sense that I have both a masculine son and a feminine daughter. After I wrote Fathers and Sons, where I discussed how, "Your son is going to follow the example you set, not the advice...
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Dec 04
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Fathers Raising Sons

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Your son will follow your example, not your advice. I left active duty after a successful 8 year career not because I didn't like the military, but rather because I knew I'd rather be a quality and present father than a stellar sailor. Collecting a pension at 39 sounded like a solid plan and originally it was. But after my son...
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Dec 03
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Remove the TV

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The television in your home is a portal for outside thoughts and influences to enter your inner "safe space". I want to push back against the "norm" of having the TV be the leading source of information and entertainment in you and your family's life. The world can be a dark place; there's no reason to bring that darkness into...
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Nov 18
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Becoming a Father

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Father is a title you have to earn daily after you have children, this goes on every day for the rest of your life. I am writing this piece for the soon to be or just became fathers of the world. Most have likely recognized the sad fact that anybody can bring life into this world. Why is that a...
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