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 Make the time to be a dad. In society today, men are often little more than walking wallets. You have to fight to be a real father to your kids.

 Be active with your children – talk, play, make things, go on trips together. Take every chance you can to interact.

 Sometimes A(Attention) Deficit Disorder is actually D(Dad) Deficit Disorder.

 Share the discipline with your partner. Often your son will respond more readily to you – not from fear, but from respect and wanting to please you. Don’t hit or frighten boys – it just makes them mean to others.

 A boy will copy you. He will copy your way of acting towards his mother. He will take on your attitudes (whether you are a racist, a perpetual victim, an optimist or a person who cares about justice, and so on). And he will only be able to show his emotions if you can show yours.

 Most boys love rough-and-tumble games. Use these for enjoyment and also to teach him self-control, by stopping and setting some rules whenever the game gets too rough.

 Teach your son to respect women – and to respect himself.