Dad Handbook 2.0

You're a parent? A dad? Below is an exerpt from the Dad Handbook 2.0 story by Stan Brooks in the Huffington Post, and it's well worth taking a moment to read this stellar piece of parental journalism. It explains what many of you (and me) are thinking every day.

"So this is the generation that made the choice to be helicopter Dads. Or, at the very least,paratrooper Dads -- making sure to parachute in for all the key battles and moments. We don't miss much. We don't put work ahead of being a Dad. We see more games than we miss. 

And we love it. Even with no role models in the generations ahead of us -- we are certain this is the right choice and we get enormous fulfillment from it. My own personal journey took me through the paternal looking glass and back again. My father didn't show me how to be this kind of Dad -- I had to find my own map and let my sons teach me how. Each new day and new moment I experience as both a Father and son."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-m-brooks/dad-handbook-20_b_747189.html