DAD TALK

Your family deserves the best version of you, so it’s worth it to acknowledge your weaknesses and work on them

I thought I was doing what I was supposed to be doing, but I was missing my wife and kids’ lives

I can be different for my kids

Being there is how you prepare

Be ok with just listening to your kids and not having a solution 

Our job as parents is to prepare them for when they leave - not just leaving at 18 - but any time they leave our presence 

The principle of the gap - God fills in the space between our abilities and His plan

The shift from holding onto the “what” - to the "who" I want to be

Your kids are not the measure of how good of a father you are - the measure is based on what you DO

Your kids are more important than you 

No “zap” discipline - don’t discipline your kid for something you never told your kid not to do

Kids - especially teenagers - need to have a win