To be an awesome dad requires that every day we express our love for our children. Our children, like us, change every day, so it’s a moving target. We often fall into this terrible habit of always talking and telling them what to do. Today’s challenge is to listen more. They have things they’d like to say. Your child has ideas. Make time to just listen.
Stop trying to solve all their problems. When you listen to them, they’ll want to spend more time with you. Be curious about them. Today, ask them a couple of different questions about their lives and engage in what’s known as active listening. It looks like this: aha, ok, that’s interesting, and nod your head. You don’t have to share your opinion. Just listen.