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Do you know them? And they, you.

It's a story so bad, it has to be true. The second Earl of Lester was walking down the

hallway of his enormous estate. A young nurse holding the hand of a child passes him in the corridor.

Whose child is that? he asked, sir. Taken aback, it was all the nurse could do to utter calmly yours, my lord. Needless to say,

this was an Earl who died unhappy and mostly alone. Now, thankfully, most of us are not this aloof.

No one would accept or condone that kind of absentee parenting anymore, or even just the more benign, aristocratic

hands-off style that the British were known for, and that we've discussed before. But still,

how well do you really know your kids? And they, you. It happens all the time. You noticed your

child doing something and comment on it it only to be told that they've

been doing this for months. You just never noticed. When did you cut their hair, you might ask your

spouse? And they, like the nurse, have to nicely tell you that it happened a week ago.

Have you heard the Nate Bergotsie joke about his daughter's school calling him? And he realizes

that he was completely the wrong

person to have called, as in he didn't even know the name of the school? And conversely, how much of

your life, of you, are your children going to be surprised to find out one day? Because you

never bothered to share, because you were closed off, because you were too distant. This isn't acceptable behavior.

You have to be more present. You have to be more connecting. You have to be aware. You have to know them.

And they, you. Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Dad podcast. You can get this via email every

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