DAD VALUE: THE MISSING INGREDIENT IN FAMILY RECIPE

Dad value fluctuates day to day, but one thing is certain: Father’s make a difference.

Disagree? Then ask someone you know without a dad, or never knew their dad.

I read an article about being raised with love and how it makes a difference when you love someone raised on survival.

Had we known then the struggles we will have after the arrival of our son, we would have explored in greater detail how each of us were brought up, the type of parents we each had, their parenting styles, our future arrangements for childcare and how we would bring up our children.

Dad value changes from obligation with a shotgun wedding to nurturing with a planned pregnancy.

Is it important to review everything ahead of time instead of regret the silence later? It can’t hurt, except it will.

“What type of parents did you have?”

“A mom and a dad?”

“That’s not what I mean.”

What they meant is dad value, participation, interest. What they mean is, “Did you feel loved?”

Proceed with caution.