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Why I Wrote “Be a Courageous Dad”

15 Friday Jun 2012

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I wrote a post a few months ago called “Be a Courageous Dad” and I got the following question in my comments section from nickvanval.

“Great post! What made you write this?”

At that time I gave the following response.

“Children today are getting away with too much and getting into trouble more often. Majority of people that are in prison didn’t have a father or had a father that didn’t really do anything in the family so they got there fathering from someone else.

Having a strong father presence in a family allows kids to be raised and taught values, ethics, and just how to be a father. The bible has taught me as well as a couple other blogs on how to start being a Courageous Dad.”

I want to go a little bit deeper on my response and decided to turn it into a post on my blog. I do believe that kids do get away with too much than when we were kids. It seems we are hearing how kids bully kids and also how they are committing more crime on the television and in the papers more frequently than in the past. This is a trend that is growing more as the economy is still in the toilet. The question is why this is happening.

I read several sources report that they did a survey in prisons to see why inmates commit crimes and got some results that was shocking to me. Majority of the inmates didn’t have a father figure or a father in their lives growing up. This was because they are in a single parent family or their fathers were always way from the house due to work or other issues. Without a father figure in the family, the kids turn to other people to be that father figure and majority of these people don’t have the kid’s best interest in mind.

Having a strong father presence in a family allows kids to be raised and taught values, ethics, and just how to be a leader and father in their families. This is a big problem that some people or groups of people are trying to fix by teaching fathers to be good fathers to their children. Mark Merrill President of Family First, AllProDad with Tony Dungy, fatherhood.org, and Fathers.com are just a small list of people or groups that can help men become great leaders in their families.

I highly recommend reading a book called “All Pro Dad: Seven Essentials to be a Hero to Your Kids” by Mark Merrill to start with. Why this book? Because I’m currently reading this book and getting a lot of good and helpful information from it. I really enjoy reading this book and I’ll let you know more after I finished it.

Here is a link for more information about Mark Merrill’s book.

My New Book – All Pro Dad: Seven Essentials to be a Hero to Your Kids « Mark’s Blog.

Every Parent Should Read This Post

06 Wednesday Jun 2012

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A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook account a few weeks ago and I feel it is important to re-post again.  The original source and origin is unknown.  If anybody knows this, please feel free to let me know so the right person or persons get the credit for writing this amazing poem.

This is so true in so many ways.  Parents take sports way to seriously and not let the kids play to have fun.  This is Little League games and they don’t get paid to play.  They play to have fun and be around a positive atmosphere and around friends they might not seen since school was out.  Think twice before being rude to any kids out there or even to your own child.  Remember, he’s just a little boy.

This goes towards girls as well as boys on the softball diamonds.

Below is the poem written out from above picture just in case you can’t read the sign.

HE IS JUST A LITTLE BOY

He stands at the plate,
with his heart pounding fast.
The bases are loaded,
the die has been cast.

Mom and Dad cannot help him,
he stands all alone.
A hit at this moment,
would send the Team home.

The ball meets the plate,
he swings and he misses.
There’s a groan from the crowd,
with some boos and some hisses.

A thoughtless voice cries,
strike out the bum.
Tears fill his eyes,
the game’s no longer fun.

So open your heart,
and give him a break.
For it’s moments like this,
a man you can make.

Please keep this in mind,
when you hear someone forget.
He is just a little boy,
and not a man yet.
{Source Unknown}

Other sites that talk about this poem are listed below.

Little League Baseball Sites
http://www.bridgetownbaseball.org/baseball.html

http://www.mountaintoparealittleleague.com/Baseball_Poems.html

Other Parent Sites
http://www.lifewithoutpink.com/2012/05/01/hes-just-a-little-boy/

http://www.cafemom.com/group/114201/forums/read/16509115/_Hes_just_a_little_boy_I_think_this_should_be_at_every_baseball_field_where_kids_play

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Good Saying to Live By

04 Monday Jun 2012

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First of all, since last week was a week after a major holiday and the start of baseball season for my son T I was not able to find time to write on my blog. This is why I named my blog “Life of a Busy Dad”. T’s team is doing very good this year. After 4 at-bats, he has 1 run, 3 walks, and an RBI as his team is 1-1.

Now everything is getting back to our normal routine, I have to share this picture with you. This is a picture of a wall in my kitchen by the night-light (The White bowl). I helped Busy Mom paint the kitchen a few weeks ago and she found this saying at a store while she was getting the paint.

“Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much”

This saying has three awesome approaches to life in just one saying. Let me explain to you what I mean.

“Live Well” – This is telling me we need to live a healthy life style and not just by exercising and eating the right food. Live your life to the fullest is what I live my life by in every aspect.

“Laugh Often” – This is self-explanatory. Have fun and think of the positives of life and don’t get caught up in the depression and negatives of the world. Laughing will make the world a better place and it will also keep you healthier in the aspect of your mind. Smiling and laughing always make everyone feel better about themselves and everyone around them if it is used with the next part of the saying. “Love”

“Love Much” – To me this is the most important part of the saying. We need to live with love and keep hate, anger, as well as being nasty out of our lives. It will also keep us to a better mood as to will keep everyone around us in one too. Love is a very powerful emotion that can make the world a better place as well as it could bring peace to the world.

So if you live a well-rounded life with laughing and smiling and keep love in your hearts, then you can help start changing the world to be a better place as well as teaching your children to be a positive force in the world instead of a hateful force. Our children learn from our example so pay attention to how you react around people as well as what you say because it might haunt you when your children start acting that way.

Be a Courageous Dad

25 Friday May 2012

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This article was written in 1/17/2012 on my other blog http://www.fatherof4.com.

I was out reading some of my favorite blogs when I came across a quote on Mark Merrill’s blog at http://www.markmerrill.com/.  It was a quote from Tony Dungy that Mark mentioned on his blog about parenting and being a father.

Most things I read out on the internet don’t stick with me for long but this did and it will remind me to be the best father that I can be.  I believe in good parenting.  Tony and Mark are showing father’s the right path to become a courageous father and to be the best dad you can be.  Thanks Mark Merrill and Tony Dungy for all you do on this front.

 

A quote from Tony Dungy

“Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.  It takes courage to discipline at the right time and in the right way.  It takes courage to say ‘no’.  It takes courage to go against the grain and say, ‘You know what, I know everybody else allows their kids to watch these television programs, or dress like that, but I’m not going to allow it.’  It takes courage to stand up for your convictions.”

 

You can read Mark’s blog post at http://www.markmerrill.com/2012/01/16/how-to-be-a-courageous-dad-2/ .

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