Pad Parent : Good Parent

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Thursday 31 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike

It is a sad fact how many times you read, here or see cases of just plain old ‘bad parenting’.

I know myself how hard a job it can be, and whilst I try to be a good dad, there are certainly occasions that I look back, ashamed at my own behaviour. The only hope is that, as parents, we learn to do it better next time, and that our actions caused no lasting harm.

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And then again, I also know when I’ve got it right; those times when our 6 year old, Spike Jnr, runs up and hugs me, saying things like “Wow, thanks daddy, more sums to do – woohoo !” (after I’ve created a new maths challenge for him – he’s a maths nut as you know).

I saw a video recently of a dad in action, and I thought yeah, ‘good on ya fella, you got it spot on’. Maybe like me, he’s not always that cool, but let’s hope that more parents out there can be like that just once in a while.

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