Don't be crazy lazy!

All right dads I know you work hard and you are tired, but come on now don't slack off from your most important job! Your family needs you much more than the place you work at does and I GUARANTEE they appreciate you more than your employer does. Don't give everything you have at work and leave nothing for your family.I don't know how many times in public I have watched while a mother tries to control little Johnny or Sally who are out of control while Dad just stands there and never says a word. The frustration on the wife's face is apparent and you know she is going to take it out on him in some fashion later. Wake up Fathers and take control of your children and be the Dad God has called you to be. I GUARANTEE not only will your children respect and appreciate you more but so will your wife!

Introduction

Silly me forgot to start this blog with an introduction. So what qualifies me to write a blog for Fathers? Well my own father abandoned me and my mother blamed me for it and I guess hated me if I were to be completely honest about this. Now I am a father myself and it is the greatest gift God has ever given me in my entire life. My daughter is now 10 years old! She is a honor student with reading levels of a sophomore in High School, she is on an 9th grade math level and is in the top 10 percent of students nationwide. Now just as importantly Natalies and mine relationship is so great! We have never in her life had an argument! We have had of course disagreements, but we have much too much respect for one another to raise our voice to one another. I know I could have Natalie to sit down somewhere and she would sit there forever if I didn't tell her it was o.k. to move. Now why is this you ask? I firmly believe the reason for this is because Natalie knows if I ask her to sit down somewhere it is for her own good, it is not because I am tired of fooling with her or want to do something on my own. Natalie knows that I put her first in everything and she appreciates that and respects me for it. Natalie is the only child in her school from a broken home that is on the academic team. Of course this blog is also an oppurtunity for me to brag on natty (my nickname for her). Did I mention that she is an advanced student group with Duke University! My point is I am proud of her and my child knows it, let your kids know your proud of them too no matter what!

You love your child....right?

I know that it is just assumed that everyone loves their child, but I am not so sure that if you ask the kids themselves they would be able to say yes. So many fathers are cold and distant with their kids and especially if they are divorced. So many parents don't show their kids the amount of love the children crave, that leaves the child frustrated and angry and causes resentment in the child. This causes behaviors in the child. Now let's be honest when the child acts up and causes the parent more stress then this in turn strains the parents feelings toward the child, and so goes the vicious cycle.
When your child knows they are cherished and adored they are much more peaceful and compliant and then you as the parent can enjoy them more and more and then the love can grow and that can be a wonderful cycle.
Don't just tell your child you love them show them every day don't let a hour go by that you don't tell them, they do need to hear it from you, but just as importantly they need to see and feel it from you!!

What this is all about!

This Blog is about parenting and I honestly I have been hard pressed to come up with a beginning to this blog because I take this very seriously. As a father I view my relationship with my daughter as the most important one in my life other than my relationship with God. I pray this blog will be helpful to you and will raise your conscienceness about your own parent/child relationship and will bring you and your child closer together. Let me warn you though, you may find this blog extreme!

Still under construction

Hopefully tomorrow I will have my first couple of posts ready.

Oh my Goodness

I guess with a name like Diamond Daddies I shouldn't be surprised that an ad for Date A Gay Millionaire pops up, but still I nearly peed my pants when I saw it. (now watch us get an ad for depends). My daughter thought up the name and it is supposed to mean like be a gem of a Dad not will some rich gay man buy me jewelry, my goodness is the world we live in?

Still under construction

I should have this up and running by this weekend please tune back in!