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Comment on Good Dads Honor Moms: The Best Mother’s Day Ever by Kristi Smith

Kristi Smith — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:55:04 +0000

PS: Teenage sons!

Comment on Good Dads Honor Moms: The Best Mother’s Day Ever by Kristi Smith

Kristi Smith — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:52:12 +0000

After listening to this broadcast I thought what would I want more than any thing on Mother’s Day? To be appreciated! I have a houseful of males, so Mom can get swept aside very easily. Your tip to tell your family what you really want was great advice too. I told my husband that all I want for Mother’s Day was every hour on the hour someone to hug or kiss me and say they love me. He loved the idea and he came through with our sons to give me that. It didn’t matter where we were or what we were doing I got a hug and love from my sons every hour for a day. And I never have felt so good! I’m still smiling and energized to serve my family.
Thanks for your tip.

Comment on Be a Good Father by “Going Deep” with Your Kids by Bob

Bob — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:38:09 +0000

my eldest girl,17 loves swimming, running and tennis. I accompany her as much I can. My 2nd girl,15 loves swimming and walking, again I accompany her and my youngest girl, 12 is a competitime tennis player.. I play with her weekly. Admittedly, it’s demanding and I wish life as a father is easier but it ain’t. … But by being with them, it’s amazing what u can learn from them regarding their friends, school and needs. And I always remind myself; don’t whine, correct or direct all the time, they hate it. there’s time for such connection…

Comment on Be a Good Father by “Going Deep” with Your Kids by Christos Efessiou

Christos Efessiou — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:36:52 +0000

Kudos to you on this post Mr. Casey. There is little doubt that how a child turns out is largely unknown at the early stages in life. As you mentioned, some children of great parents turn out to be less than model citizens, while some fatherless or neglected children do become flourishing and productive member to society. Raising a child is too important a business for any parent to leave any aspect of it to chance. A father must LOVE, MENTOR and TEACH BY EXAMPLE. Unfortunately, while most fathers do reasonably well with the first Cardinal Rule (love,) they fall short on the other two, perhaps because those require significantly greater effort. It is exactly that which I have attempted to captured in my book “CDO Chief Daddy Officer” (http://amzn.to/CDOall) as I deliberately modeled my parenting of my then 7 year old daughter as a single dad, after sound business principles which I followed at work. My goal was to raise a loving, self-confident, independent, productive, un-entitled young woman. It was my assumption, hope and prayer, that while I could offer her unconditional love without effort by simply being her dad, following certain principles such as Mentoring and Teaching by Example would force me to be more attentive to the smaller things, more Socratic in my teaching and coaching of her, and more disciplined of my own actions. That 7 year old girl is now almost 25, and is getting married on May 27. She has been gainfully employed since she graduated college in 2009, and is thriving in her field. What’s more, is that she is a loving daughter and wife-to-be, an independent thinker who is well-grounded and compassionate of others. She is the kind of daughter that I wish she’d be blessed with one day. All that is to say is that if we as fathers want our children to have a relationship with us as adults, we must “Go Deep” with our kids as children. There is no alternative. Respectfully, Chris Efessiou

Comment on Be a Good Father by “Going Deep” with Your Kids by Keith Goerl

Keith Goerl — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:34:05 +0000

I was one of those kids who’s parents divorced when I was 10 but I went to live with my mom who did an awesome job of raising me in a fatherless home but in a well-fathered neighborhood. Much of what I learned came through informal mentorships in the cul-de-sac I group up on. So for those of you who are doing a good job raising your own kids but might have some fatherless kids in your neighborhoods, take them under your wing. Invite them to spend time in your backyard, or on your family excursions, and show them what a real family can look like like and introduce your Christian faith to them. Then connect with their parent(s), and encourage them through relationships while modeling what good parenting looks like along the way.
Both you and they will be blessed!

Comment on Be a Good Father: Share Your Work World with Your Kids by mcallen

mcallen — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:04:01 +0000

Great delivery. Solid arguments. Keep up the good work.

Comment on Hunger Games: Be a Good Dad When it Comes to Media Choices by Carl W

Carl W — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:07:54 +0000

Casey isn’t saying put your kids in a plastic bubble and don’t let them out, he’s just saying have good timing. Your kids are obviously responding to your methods because they are mature enough to pick up on the concepts you’re laying down. I’m sure when they were 2 weeks you weren’t busting out the playstation. That’s why this is point 3 after the crucial point of 2 know your child. If your child isn’t old/mature enough, then don’t apologize for protecting even by “omission” until such time as you believe they can grasp the concept without having any negatives influence them.

Comment on Hunger Games: Be a Good Dad When it Comes to Media Choices by David

David — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:48:54 +0000

Watchdogs are great; I love participating with my kids at their school. I also liked your post about the Hunger Games. I took my two older ones to see the movie after we all read the book. I think it was a great opportunity to speak to my kids about UN agenda 21 and the plans for reducing dependency on the family and oneself. I know of the full assault on our liberties and freedoms. Children on the other hand don’t fully understand the magnitude of what is occurring in the world. This movie and book gives a great vision of what we don’t want for our future and let’s not forget it is a science fiction book written children. Because of the graphic nature and the real life threat the Hunger Games portrays most people have bought into the idea because they see how real it may become. Don’t be afraid to tell your kids the truth of totalitarian rule the elate are pushing our world too. The sooner they know how to fight oppression the longer we all live. God bless our future, this is why we are all watchdogs.

Comment on Away But Not Apart: How to Be a Good Dad Despite Separations by Ron Folsom

Ron Folsom — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:49:03 +0000

Brother #1 is so RIGHT ON. I am a single father and my children 11,16,21 live with their mother. When i have my children I HAVE them. I dont date, work or play if it doesnt include them. Splitting from my ex was the hardest thing i have ever done but it has been a good ride so far. I am closer with my kids now than I ever would have thiught because I concentate on them and only them when we are together.

Comment on Away But Not Apart: How to Be a Good Dad Despite Separations by Dad

Dad — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:07:36 +0000

I am in a District postion with a retail company, I
Have been for very close to a year now. I took a promotion with my company, becasue my Autistic son was not getting the help he needed at school, due to budget cuts, so everything we did was outside of the school, and was not working with my insurance company for the health benefits he needed. We are not a $Rich family, but when you spend over $23,000 in one year on health care and most of it is for my son, we had to make some choices. I had to leave my family in Nevada while I moved to NY to start my new job in April of 2011. My wife a teacher and the kids had to finish out the school year, so I did not see them but once, during a 4 month period. The company I work for did not adjust my income to the area in which I had to live to make it work for my family, so my family had to move to an area more upstate in NY, so that they could survive on just my income. I lived in a studio apartment for two months, I tried to find work in the area where my family lived, but it is like most area’s in a tough time. I was able to get my company to realign my area, which they did, so I could get rid of the apartment and live with my family. The only issue is that my area is so spread out, and with so much going on, I end up spending 3-5 nights in a hotel mon. through Fri. I am off on weekends, which is great, but I miss my family way to much, I don’t know what to do, I worry all the time about them while I am gone I know my 10 year old son misses me the most. I am still in a situation where i am the sole provider, we are going Bankrupt due to the fact we were a two income family, my wife and I do not seem to be gettting along as well as we used to, I know that my 13 yr old daughter is gettting used to me being gone, and my Autistic son is getting there as well, but he is getting the help within the school that he needs. I am a lost sole when I am gone, I cannot concentrate on my job most of the time. So that’s my sad story…Which I know there are families much more worse off then I am, I just need some Ideas or to win the lottery.