Thursday January 26, 2012
The last of the four promises of successful fathers series is about the promise of wholeness. Wholeness is about taking the time and effort to be the best man you can and bringing that to the role of fatherhood. It is about being a complete and balanced man with emotional, spiritual, physical and mental strength. And it is all about bringing all you are and have to your family.
I have also compiled a single document involving all of the four promises which might be really helpful to share with any father you know who has a desire to be an extraordinary father. These four promises are the foundation to that aspiration.
The other three promises:
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Tuesday January 24, 2012
My continuing series about the promises made and kept by successful fathers offers the next installment. This one deals with the promise of loyalty.
Perhaps there is no action more devastating to any relationship than disloyalty. Marriages and families are devastated by infidelity and organizations can be rocked to their core by employees who engage in sabotage or divulge confidences or sell trade secrets. A father who is loyal to his partner, to his children and to his principles is a father who has a good foundation for success.
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Sunday January 22, 2012
Every year, About.com has a Readers' Choice Awards program that recognizes winners in various categories. This year, we are offering three Readers' Choice Award categories for the Fatherhood site. These include:
Click on one of the links above to nominate a blog, organization or TV dad for the award. You must nominate before February 15 when nominations close. We will then select the finalists, and you will have a chance to vote between February 22 and March 21. You can self-nominate as well! This should be fun to see what our readers think about these categories. You can also check out the other Readers' Choice Award categories at the Readers' Choice Awards home page.
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Friday January 20, 2012
The second in my series on the promises made by effective fathers is about love.
It is kind of an overwhelming feeling when a dad first holds his own child in his arms. It seems that emotions like awe, responsibility, fear and love are all rolled up into one. And yet at times, the promise we make at that special moment to love this child always can be tough to keep when there are sleepless nights, discipline issues, and other challenges in parenting. But keeping the promise we make to love is one of the most important things a father can do.
So read about the promise to love and see if you agree about how critical it is for a father to make and keep that promise. Then recommit yourself to greater and more consistent expressions of love.
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