Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Bettering

Being a better Dad and Husband has been one of my goals for some time now. This is the kind of target that can never truly be ticked off as completed as it's not like that I'll be a better Dad and Husband for a week and then it's ok to say "well, that's ticked off the list, don't need to worry about that anymore".
I have been spending more time with my kids recently and taking them with me when I go for walk. Yesterday afternoon as soon as I got home my daughter wanted to go for a ride to the park and my son wanted to walk with me so he could bring his football along to kick around the oval with me.
These kind of things I never did with my own Dad. I honestly can't remember going outside to play with him very often as a child. When we were on holidays we'd play french cricket at the beach as a family or tennis, but I don't recall a lot of one on one time with him. I used to play games with tennis balls with my brother, so maybe that was the difference, having an older brother to play with so I didn't need my Dad to play games with me.
I enjoy playing outside with my kids. I've never really kicked a football much myself and I've been enjoying kicking the ball around the park with my son and daughter. I really enjoy just spending time with them even if it is just sitting on the couch watching a movie together. 
I've been trying to have more patience with the kids too and I think they've been trying to be a little better behaved around me too, this has all been helping us have less arguments.
I have also been trying to be more considerate of my wife and help out more around the house. She does a lot for me and I don't do as much for her so I'd like to try and balance that a little more. I'll have to start making more of an effort with house work at the very least and not leaving the vast majority of it to my wife.

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My wife is probably rolling her eyes and saying "yeah right".
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