With the little humans afoot, we have begun taking more consideration of how we can learn to be better parents. Given that both of us have lady bodies and neither of us have actually birthed any children from said lady bodies, we have quite a task ahead of us. As Auntie and Tia, we are attempting to fulfill the roles of Mother and Father. We have found some traditional methods for learning these roles including talking with other parents and attending ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) classes. Our favorite resources on how to be good fathers come from some other kinds of sources, listed below. Here is what we have learned so far, mostly from the bassist, Flea:
1. Be there. (Classic and yet so difficult, apparently.)
2. Actually care.
3. Really listen.
4. Teach them the good things you know about life.
5. Do the stuff with them that they like to do.
6. Stay calm even though little people rarely stay calm.
7. Admit when you do something wrong and apologize.
8. Reward the positives, discuss the negatives.
9. Tell the truth.
10. Avoid hypocrisy. (Little humans can smell acts of hypocrisy.)
The Other F Word
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