Being the fun parent can be form of selfishness too, as josh ireland details in his fascinating book, churchill and son. Winston churchill was infinitely more available and loving than his own father. He loved to play with his kids, but he still struggled withhow to actually to be present and truly think about things from their perspective. We take our tenagers places, but we're only available in spurts because work is always coming up. If you have time to open their eyes to how amazing their world could be, you must also have time to explain what they're seeing. It's great that you want to enter their world, but you have to transition slowly out of