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s a young dad, I worried as to whether I met with my children’s approval. That’s not to say that I wanted to be their “friend.” No, on the contrary, I always made it clear that I was a parent first, but I still wanted the girls to have a good time when we did things together. I wanted to give good advice. I wanted
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to give great softball swing instruction. I wanted to always make sure they saw a deer in the green field when we went hunting. I wanted to … well, you get the idea. The fear, if I am being honest, was that if they were bored with the expedition, they would then become bored with me, too. Thankfully, time promoted maturity in my
