GDDB 011 - PART 2 - Connecting Back To Growing Up: What I learned and Who I want to Be

When I was growing up, my father was what I thought of as the “fun dad” and the go-to dad to get out of the house and go do things like camping, hiking, playing paintball, going to movies etc...

• I learned a lot from my father and my mother.
• I am still learning today, as an “adult”
• I think that we are who we are today because of how we were raised.

• From the day we are born, we are impacted by our parents on how we are going to develop and the type of person we are going to be.
• It doesn’t all happen that first day of life, but that is where it starts and then it evolves from there.
• The reason is the strong bond between child and parent. Even before a baby can open their eyes and look around, they are developing emotions and feelings.

• “The most two important days in your life are the day your born and the day you find out why” – Mark Twain

• I remember my childhood, and learning how I was going to be who I was.
• I remember my parents teaching me how to ‘act right’, be patient, have manners, be polite, have respect...all the things that are instilled into me today.

• I also think about the things that I wasn’t taught (or don’t remember specifically) that I want to make sure my daughters will know:
• How to cook (or I should say: enjoy cooking)
• How to handle money
• (Not that i wasn’ taught this, but i think it has been lost in the world today:) There are winners and losers. Not to be a sore loser, and not to be a bragging winner (too much). Either way you have to work harder next time to “win”.
• Doing things around the house (maintenance)
• How to work out

• My father was always considered the ‘fun’ dad, the dad that went and did everything with us, and the dad that always took me to do things.
• We would go camping, hiking, paintballing. My mom & dad came to all of my band events in middle school and high school. They were always parents that were ‘involved’ in what I was doing.
• I also want to be that kind of dad. I want my wife and I to support and be involved in our daughter’s events - no matter what they are.

• I want our daughters to remember that mom & dad were there. That we supported them, and that we taught them to volunteer and step-in as parents to help out the organizations that they wanted to be involved in.

• I think that comes from seeing what my parents did when I was growing up. The type of people that they were, and how they were there for me.

Stay tuned for episode 3....