President Obama’s Father’s Day Challenge
I love the president’s words about fathering. Politics aside I have said a number of times on this blog that I admire the president’s commitment to family. He has “date nights” with his wife. He goes to his children’s parent-teacher conferences. He sets aside time just for them.
I love his father’s day appeal to fathers also. It’s a great standard for which all fathers should strive. His encouragement: To be a better father than you had. You can read the complete story HERE. All of us can make small steps of improvement, maybe even large steps, but the key is that we try to improve from generation to generation. I have told my boys many times that I hope they improve upon what I have done as a father. My father brightened my day recently by telling me he is thankful for the father I have tried to be.
Fathers, are you trying to improve your parenting everyday? Do you want to be a better father than the example you had? That’s how we will improve the generations to come!
