Fantasy Football

Tonight after Supper the kids and I played some football in the living room. It was a hoot! Now that is my idea of fun.

Now, you must understand that that the football we play is a very "modified" version of the event. I run around on my knees while the kids all "tackle" me. The living room is only a 10x12 room...not exactly a huge maneuver area :)

It is a wonderful way to rough-house with the kids and burn off some energy. There is definitely something wonderful about interacting with the kids that way...warms my heart just thinking about it.

Dad's need to be "physical" with their kids...they need that. This is one of the things that Dads are good at, and one of the reasons why they are needed in their kids lives.

Years ago, Dads used to teach their sons a skill. Their boys would learn the family trade (whatever that was). Dads spent time with their sons teaching them, and showing them how to be a man.

That is missing today...we delegate our Fatherly duties to the school system and to a culture which seeks to denigrate the role of males and seeks to create an androgynous society.

And we wonder why we have problems.

Dads...we need to start acting like men again...being the Father figure our kids need and being the sort of husbands our wives deserve.

Only then will we start to correct some of the social ills we're plagued by.