The Daily Dad

This is a Fresh Start

Dec 3, 2019

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Reflecting on childhood experiences and embracing the opportunity of parenthood to create a better world.

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Being a parent gives us a second chance to heal our own childhood wounds by providing the understanding and support we longed for.

Being better parents can create a better world by breaking cycles of dysfunction and creating a more nurturing environment for future generations.

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Healing old wounds through parenting

As parents, we have the opportunity to heal the wounds of our own childhoods by being for our children what we needed ourselves. Reflecting on the ways we were deprived or hurt in our own upbringing, whether through being ignored, pressured too much, or burdened by insecurities, we now have a second chance to create a different experience for our children. While we cannot change the past, we can use our role as parents to provide the understanding and support we longed for, ultimately healing our own wounds by being there for someone else.

A Fresh Start in Fatherhood

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We were all deprived or hurt in our childhoods. Even the best parents left something to be desired. Maybe we were ignored. Or maybe we were pressured too much. Maybe Mom’s insecurity was a burden to us. Or Dad’s sense of humor cut too deeply. Maybe our family was poor. Maybe our family was too rich, too materialistic.

We wished then that things would be different. We wished that they could just understand. That they could just give us what we needed. It didn’t happen. And that hurt.

But now we have a second chance. Now we are the parent. You are Dad. The question then is what are you doing to do it differently? How are you going to handle this second chance?

The past can’t be undone. But we can heal old wounds by being for someone else what we needed ourselves. And we can make a better world by being for our kids, what our parents were not for us.

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