Soft, hard...how to tell?
I feel I'm soft on our kids, our friends think I'm hard.
The 16 year old bought tickets to a concert, we assumed it was a weekend.
She wa going with an older friend we know and trust.
I felt letting her go, 80 miles away in a party, college, town, was am awful lot of slack.
Turned out, it was Tuesday night.
And she started lobbying, "Can I go in to school late WedneJsut being a great dad.sday? We won't be home
until 1, I won't get much sleep? Can I get out of school early Tuesday?"
"No! Your doing big girl stuff. Do big girl stuff. School and work are obligations. They come first, and you work around them. In cases like this, you do the fun, and endure the suck that comes with it."
I told this at work, and was amazed how many folks thought I was being mean.
That missing a couple hours school to sleep was no big deal.
I though we were soft, only to be told we are mean!
Simply doing the stuff a great dad does. Thanks.
