·         The need to work is not an excuse to avoid your role as a parent.

·         Care-giving is essential and is the key that opens the door to trust.

·         When kids and Dad are not linked by trust, kids will become overly dependent upon Mom.

·         A child needs to know and be known by the father.

·         Traditions are a golden opportunity waiting for fathers to reconnect with their children.

·         When father sets and maintains reasonable limits, their children feel secure within the family and behave themselves outside of it.

·         I buy the first one……If you lose it, you pay for the new one.

·         Lectures turn kids off; Humor pulls them in and reduces anxiety.

·         Courage means moving beyond comfort…..helping kids to test themselves and to persevere.

·         Don't do for children what children can do for themselves.

·         Coach without criticism. Criticism kills self-confidence.

·         As Dad's demonstrate more patience, their kids become better, faster learners.

·         When Dad's acknowledge and accept that things are not perfect, they can teach kids to adapt to life's realities through self-acceptance.

Dad's Rules - Ronald L. Klinger, Ph.D