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10 Things Fathers Should Teach Their Sons
Being a father today is a lot different from being a father 100 years ago.
My father was born in 1898. If he were alive today, he would be 122. He was 45 when I was born and he died at age 62 when I was 17. I was a child of the rock and roll era. Bill Haley and the Comets. Little Richard. Elvis Presley. My father was a child of classical music. Beethoven. Bach. Lizst. Anything that did not have a beat. He was a disciplinarian and a product of what I considered to be the old fashioned generation. I was a rebellious teenager and as such, never did get to know my father.
Contrast that with my two sons ages 40 and 43, both of whom are married and each having one child so far. I have been in their lives over twice as long as my father was in mine and I would say they know me pretty well. It seems I was a pretty good father to my children so they tell me, and they enjoyed their childhood. I often think back on the relationship I had with my father and how different it was between myself and my two sons through their growing years. After a great deal of thought and discussion with my boys, the following are ten points I consider to be important in creating a good father/son relationship and in raising boys who grow up to be responsible men.
