Your son is watching everything you do and learning primarily from what he sees, not from what he hears. The most powerful parenting you will ever do is the work you do on yourself.
What Sons Need From Fathers
A man to emulate. Not perfection — a son can handle his father's imperfections, as long as they're handled with honesty and accountability.
Emotional safety with standards. The father who is warm and who holds his son to genuine standards produces something neither permissiveness nor cold discipline alone can.
Honest struggle. Sons need to see their fathers face genuine difficulty — and handle it.
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