Be a Better Dad Today!

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Start Your Noble Family Vision Right Now

1. What kind of relationship do you want to have with your wife? How do you want to interact and relate with her? What do you want your marriage to look like? What do you hope she will say about you as man, a husband and a father?

2. What kind of parent do you want to be? What do you want your children, when they are grown, to remember about your family life? How would you like them to characterize their childhood?

3. What do you want your kids to be like when they are adults? What do you want them to be known for…and known as?

4. How do you want your children to relate to their won spouses and children? What kind of husband or wife – and mum or dad – do you want your children to be?

5. How do you want your children to interact with each other in the future – and with each other’s families?

6. How do you want your children to interact with you in the future? What kind of relationship do you hope to have with them?

7. What kind of role to you and your wife hope to have when your kids are parents themselves?

8. What are the core values that help bind your family together? What do you all believe is truly important?

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The Ten Tools of Fatherhood

1	F	Family First/Family Fun	When you enjoy the blessings of life with you family by putting them first today, you create a stronger family for tomorrow. Family fun time is the best time of all.
2	A	All-In Marriage	A committed marriage is the key to a happy family, which is loving your wife is one of the greatest gifts you can give to your children (and your children’s children)
3	T	True Moral Compass & Humility	Setting a high moral standard for yourself and your family – and transferring those standards to your children over time – is the most important inheritance you can give to your children.
4	H	Heartfelt Love	It is through commitment, fidelity, grace and tenderness that you show your family – in word and in deed – how much you love them (and therefore how valuable they are)
5	E	Empowering Servant Leadership	Empowering your family by putting their needs above your own will yield rich benefits today…and for generations to come. This is the essence of great fatherhood.
6	R	Relationship Tools that Work	To be a good dad, you also need the willingness to listen, the skill to truly hear, and the ability to relate deeply with your family.
7	H	Heaven’s Help	To be the best earthly father you can be, you need help from the Ultimate Father
8	O	Other Good Dads	There are no successful Lone Ranger dads – you need the support of friends and older role models from whom you can learn.
9	O	Optimistic, Never-Surrender Attitude	No matter how tough things get, you can never, ever, quit on your family. Winning dads never quit, and dads who quite never win.
10	D	Dynamic, Whole-Person Support	It is critically important for you to support your family emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually – not just financially.

Source: Be a Better Dad Today! by Gregory W.Slayton (2012)