{"id":145,"date":"2014-10-06T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ftdad.org\/?p=145"},"modified":"2015-02-01T21:17:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T04:17:43","slug":"one-big-mistake-single-dads-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftdad.org\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"One Big Mistake Single Dads Make"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was the time my son watched 2 straight hours of Ultimate Spider-Man<\/i> while my fingers pecked away at emails and a memo for a client.<\/p>\n

There was the time I forgot about his\u00a0spelling test the next day and I did not review the words with him.<\/p>\n

Stop and think about the times you wish you could hit the redo button with your kids.<\/p>\n

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Did any involve something you said to them? \u00a0Did you exact too harsh a punishment without explanation? \u00a0Let them get too close to danger? \u00a0Did you mIss an opportunity to have a teachable moment?<\/p>\n

All of those might resonate with you (or will resonate one of these days), so what do we do about them?<\/p>\n

Live, learn and let go.<\/p>\n

We make a\u00a0big mistake by\u00a0worrying about our parental missteps\u00a0and holding on to them. \u00a0We must\u00a0recognize we will stumble and fall\u00a0as parents, but we can\u00a0pick ourselves up and learn from those failures.<\/p>\n

Maybe the guilt associated with our kids not having a mom around most or all of the time eats at us and magnifies our mistakes. \u00a0Maybe our drive as providers kicks in to overdrive as single dads (along with hyper-criticism of our performance).<\/p>\n

Whatever your mistakes, learn from them and become a\u00a0better dad. \u00a0Kids can forgive and, based on what my son told me, understand we do not get it right every time.<\/p>\n

What was a mistake you made and what was your lesson-learned? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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