Most men think that they have to be perfect when they’re with their kids. This is not only not good, it’s bad training. Better you should just continue being a mess-up. Fall off your bike. Drop an easy pop fly. Order a really dumb product from some lame infomercial you saw on TV. Make a fool of yourself on the ski slopes. The sooner kids understand that you’re not perfect, the sooner they’ll realize that they don’t have to be perfect.”
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Joe Queenan, 47, writer and father to two. As quoted in “Wisdom of our Fathers” by Joe Kita (Emmaus Pennsylvania: Daybreak Books, 1999)