It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a father, you immediately become uncool, especially the older they get. The older you get, it's inevitable that, as cool as you think you are, you're probably just as lame in your kids' eyes.
It's one of those things where people tell you that when you have kids it will change your perspective on life, and you're like, 'Yea, yea,' but then you really understand it when it happens to you.
The thing that drives me more than anything else is being a father.
When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.
A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much.
Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.
It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.
Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.
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