Excellence in Fatherhood - Success in Parenting

Early on as a father I felt a great sense of responsibility to provide for and ensure that my son had a fulfilling, joyful, and relatively secure life. Of course, nothing is guaranteed to any of us, but I was going to make sure that I did everything in my power to raise my child with the best possible perspective on life, to ensure he felt loved, and to ensure he had a financially adequate, if not abundant, upbringing.

There was so much I felt I wanted to share with him that I started to catalog what I would tell him and when, what books I felt he must read, what life lessons I wanted to share with him so he could have more success more quickly, and so much more including but not limited to family history, financial advice, political beliefs, athletics, fun, philosophy, freedom, the United States constitution, ….

My goal was to quickly create a series of videos of me doing a brain dump to ensure I got this information documented in case I died before my son was an adult.  My video camera was not working well and the process had several annoyances, so I decided to write instead.  I am currently writing a book about this, but felt it would more fun and also a great resource to share my ideas with others and get their input.  So here I am.

My hope is that this blog will interest many parents like myself, and result in an active exchange of ideas about life and the human experience.