The first thing I want to address is the title of this website. It shouldn’t come off as arrogant, although, it may say more about me than you for thinking that it may. The intention of the title is meant to express my desire to BE A BETTER FATHER. Which, is what I am always trying to do. The web address tryingtobeabetterfather.com just seemed to much. The title “a better father” came to me on a late night run. I’ve been trying to come up with something for some time now. I was hung up on a title, which kept me from starting this whole thing. Yet, a title for a website seemed like a big deal and not having a website to host a place to post things online seemed like a very big deal.
Honestly, this seems like a good title. So, good in fact, it seemed likely to be taken. There have been numerous other late night run titles created all, and versions of those all, were taken. Because, obviously, right? So, to summarize, the title is not meant to imply I think i’m a better father than anyone. I just left out the “trying to be a…” in the title. It’s catchier, shorter and gosh darn it, i like it.
So, what the point of this? This is meant to be a place to share the things I’ve learned. A place to vent, explore ideas, share thoughts. Why would I do this? What qualifies me to even speak to being a father? Well, I am one. I am a father of a 3 1/2 year old girl. I have struggled from the moment the news of her arrival was told to me. I have read a lot. Learned a lot, struggled a lot and have chosen this platform to get it out. Those that have shared online has been greatly appreciated. Returning the favor, in any small way seems like the best thing to do. Pay it forward and all that.
This whole father thing is currently 3.5 years in, which means i’ve read a lot since then and many of the things that will be shared may not be fully credited, at least at first. This is not meant to discredit those that information was gained from. All the reading, books, online, friends, family, random advice has all been mixed together. I will recommend the sites remember, the books read, the emails signed up for, but at this stage giving exact credit where credit is due may not be possible. With that said, from this point forward information will be recorded for the purposes of these writings.
The goal is to keep these short and sweet. So, I’ll cut this off here. Next to follow will be some information on me and what more to expect from this site. The goals and future plans and maybe even some of the influences.
A Better Father 