Instead of outright advice, sometimes dads model the behavior that we need the most. The Good Men Project video series “Let’s Ask Dad” seeks to glean all the best advice from these dads and from theirs.
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In this fifth installment of The Good Men Project‘s “Let’s Ask Dad” series, Ken Goldstein asks our panel to reflect on the best advice their own fathers ever gave or showed them.
Our panel of writers and dads Will Klein, Admond Fong, Asif Ahmed, Jared Mercier, Kyle Lawrence, and Thomas Olona assess the behavior, sage wisdom, and lives of their own fathers. What we get is an interesting mix of
What we get is an interesting mix of dads whose own fathers showed them how to live and work without explicitly “giving advice” but rather by showing them how to forgive, love, work, build, and be there for the daily lives of their children.
In this video series, The Good Men Project‘s Ken Goldstein interviewed seven dads across a spectrum of different backgrounds. They were different ages, their children were different ages–some had one child, some had several. They came from different backgrounds, income levels, commitments to faith, and hopes for the future.
What these dads have in common is a profound love for their children, deep reflection on the impact of their own fathers on their lives, humble concern about wanting to make consistently good choices for their children, and hope that their children will grow up resilient and caring in a world with unnerving obstacles at every stage of life.
“Let’s Ask Dad” is the conversation about fatherhood in the 21st century on The Good Men Project.
Ken Goldstein, The Good Men Project Board Member speaks to the experience:
“I sat in the studio and got to know each of these fine men through their detailed answers to our deceptively simple questions, I was struck by the commonality in their integrity, candor, introspection, and keen insights into the forever moments of parenting. Any single moment of a child’s development might or might not become a memory, but the memories each of these individuals recalled with resonance were as different as they were as human beings.”
Join us below in the comments, answering how you would describe your children and their reflections on you and your spouse—in as many sentences as you want.
Or tell us how you think your kids will define you—and outgrow your mannerisms— as they get older.
Let’s have the conversation no one else is having about dads in the 21st century.
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Let’s Ask Dad Overview: The Series Begins
What Advice Would You Give New Dads?
Describe Your Dad in a Sentence or Two.
How Has the Word ‘Love’ Changed Now That You’re a Father?
What Was Expected and Unexpected About Fatherhood? Let’s Ask Dad
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The best advice my Dad gave me was that I should not worry too much about messing up my own children, Just love them and do the best I can, all the time. Accept you will not be perfect but as long as you can accept that they will too.
Having just spent the last hour or so at the cemetery (dad’s grave site) I did a lot of thinking. Once I got past my remorse in not listening to and heading his wisdom at the time, I can honestly say there is not one best thing/advise. I am who I am today because of him and because of who he was. I guess I could say that his best was all encompassing… what he did and did not do, what he said and what he did not say. His actions spoke louder then words. Thanks dad, thebest advise you… Read more »