Comments on: On Nine Years Of Fatherhood http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/ Customers, Marketing, Work, and Thoughts on a Creative Life Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:08:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Chris Bailey Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:29:39 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/15/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/#comment-639 Welcome, Steve...and thanks. It's always great to help kids start thinking about the work they want to do...and just as important to help them understand that it's okay to never be too sure about this question. Some of us still don't know what their soulful work is (though I think I'm edging ever closer to a possible answer). Welcome, Steve…and thanks. It’s always great to help kids start thinking about the work they want to do…and just as important to help them understand that it’s okay to never be too sure about this question. Some of us still don’t know what their soulful work is (though I think I’m edging ever closer to a possible answer).

]]> By: Steve Bannister http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Steve Bannister Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:26:11 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/15/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/#comment-638 Chris, thanks for your wonderful post about parenting. It takes me right back to when I was a new father and it reminds me of what really is important in parenting children of all ages. My children are now 16 (daughter) and 18 (son) years old. Like was mentioned earlier, I find that there is no perfect age for children. Each stage brings its own excitement and challenges. My wife and I are now right in the middle of helping our children figure out what careers they may want to persue. My family is precious to me and being a father is beyond a doubt the most rewarding and important job I will ever have. Cheers, Steve Chris, thanks for your wonderful post about parenting. It takes me right back to when I was a new father and it reminds me of what really is important in parenting children of all ages.

My children are now 16 (daughter) and 18 (son) years old. Like was mentioned earlier, I find that there is no perfect age for children. Each stage brings its own excitement and challenges. My wife and I are now right in the middle of helping our children figure out what careers they may want to persue.

My family is precious to me and being a father is beyond a doubt the most rewarding and important job I will ever have.

Cheers,

Steve

]]> By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Chris Bailey Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:27:06 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/15/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/#comment-636 Wow, Deb...sounds like you've had your own unique set of parenting challenges. Though it may not have been on the level of yours, I think I can relate to that feeling of inadequacy. There are times when I can't see that big picture no matter how hard I try and worry that I'm failing my kids as a dad. These are the times I remind myself that parenting is work where you never get everything 100% right, but you learn from your mistakes just like everything else. Wow, Deb…sounds like you’ve had your own unique set of parenting challenges. Though it may not have been on the level of yours, I think I can relate to that feeling of inadequacy. There are times when I can’t see that big picture no matter how hard I try and worry that I’m failing my kids as a dad. These are the times I remind myself that parenting is work where you never get everything 100% right, but you learn from your mistakes just like everything else.

]]> By: Deb Call http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Deb Call Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:34:00 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/15/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/#comment-637 Beautiful sentiments, Chris. Thanks for reinforcing the unique expertise that a parent has for his/her child that goes beyond the other experts out there. We sought out experts for one of our daughters when she was growing up . . . and eventually had to trust our own judgment against theirs. Now that daughter is 22 and takes our breath away with her accomplishments, beauty, and goodness. But how woefully inadaquate we felt at the time of raising her. Beautiful sentiments, Chris. Thanks for reinforcing the unique expertise that a parent has for his/her child that goes beyond the other experts out there. We sought out experts for one of our daughters when she was growing up . . . and eventually had to trust our own judgment against theirs. Now that daughter is 22 and takes our breath away with her accomplishments, beauty, and goodness. But how woefully inadaquate we felt at the time of raising her.

]]> By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Chris Bailey Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:43:49 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/15/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/#comment-641 David, you're exactly right about the moving from one stage to another. A friend of mine at work with two small children (ages 1 and 3) asked me if it gets easier when your kids get older. I replied, "Yes and no." Yes, you get to move on from things like changing diapers and it gets far easier to travel. But you exchange this for new challenges like keeping up with their schoolwork and helping them navigate their social world. Parenthood wouldn't be any fun otherwise, eh? David, you’re exactly right about the moving from one stage to another. A friend of mine at work with two small children (ages 1 and 3) asked me if it gets easier when your kids get older. I replied, “Yes and no.” Yes, you get to move on from things like changing diapers and it gets far easier to travel. But you exchange this for new challenges like keeping up with their schoolwork and helping them navigate their social world. Parenthood wouldn’t be any fun otherwise, eh?

]]> By: David Zinger http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-640 David Zinger Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:43:17 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2008/01/15/on-nine-years-of-fatherhood/#comment-640 Happy birthday to your daughter and I appreciate your perspective on being a dad. I have 3 children ages 18, 16, and 16. It seems just as I get good at one stage they move on to the next and I am asked to keep up. Parenting is not a job, but if it was a job it would be the best damn job I have ever had. Happy birthday to your daughter and I appreciate your perspective on being a dad. I have 3 children ages 18, 16, and 16. It seems just as I get good at one stage they move on to the next and I am asked to keep up. Parenting is not a job, but if it was a job it would be the best damn job I have ever had.

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