TeacherDad

In My Own Words

I am a teacher of Middle School children. I've taught over 30 years. I am also a father and soon to be grandfather. I enjoy teaching but it is sometimes very distressing to learn about the struggles that some of my students have to go through at home because of parental neglect or abuse. I strive, if only for the year that I have them, to show them that an adult and especially a male can be kind and friendly to them and also genuinely interested in their success. With my sons, I was a very young dad so I didn't know what experience has taught me and I didn't have anyone to help me so I hope to be able to pass some of my "wisdom" along so that it might help some other parent; especially young fathers. My favorite times with my boys were during the summer when we had lots of leisure time together. I loved having the boys and their friends over at the house. Make your house a kid-friendly house so that your own children and their friends will want to "hang out" there. A memorable moment was one Christmas after our son's band had finished marching in the town Christmas parade and I came home and found several girls and boys walking around in their thermal underwear while their uniforms were drying in our dryer. If I hadn't made our house a place where they felt comfortable, that would have never happened and my son would have been over at some other kids house. I wouldln't have that "embarassing moment" to torture him with today!

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