When I was a kid, my dad taught me how to be responsible. I don't remember just how this came about. I'm fairly certain he never sat me down and said "Son, you need to learn some responsibilities."
But he taught me that just the same.
And in order to be the best dads we can be, we have to give our own kids responsibilities and teach them how to handle them.
Several years ago, my daughter was asked by a girl what she planned on doing with her life when she grew up. At the time, she was no more than five or six years old. Here's how she replied: "Hmmm. I'm going to drive a Volkswagen, and pay bills and do responsibilities."
While that's pretty cute and humorous, she was more right than she knew, except about the Volkswagen part...
Part of being successful in life is to be responsible. And dads, we've been given the responsibility to teach responsibility to our children.
And that's what I want to talk about in Episode 8 of The DadCast!