1/ Response to crisis?: Some of my proteges called me "Work Dad"..My Actual Kids and My Work Kids have been crushing it lately. Whether its making dinner or mowing the lawn without being asked, or stepping up & taking initiative in a forward deployed ICU...
2/ Raise & Mentor your kids with care and an aim to make them independent and strong, with the courage to give it a go, the resilience and humility to learn from their failures, and the confidence to quietly acknowledge their success, and use both as a means to move forward...
3/ They will amaze you. Love them, trust them, be tough on them, let them go out on their own to conquer, explore and keep growing...
4/ They'll call if they need you, and again you'll do well to love them, trust them, & be tough on them anytime they ask (and even sometimes when they don't)...and the times they knock it out of the park and you get a "thank you"...or even if you don't...
5/ You'll raise a glass of Scotch in my case and promise silently to yourself to always be there for them...and the days when you want to strangle them, the Scotch will help too
6/ I used to send My Work Kids song links after bad spells, and they were usually the same ones I'd made My Actual Kids listen to on long drives home from chess tourneys, baseball games & recitals...Here ya go..Much love tonight from a Proud Papa. youtube.com/watch?v=8EgrP7…
7/ To ALL my kids and fellow mentors, and thanks to my #mentors @C_Breighner @Garrett91599826 @mount_md @jessica_bunin @ADVISSOR_One @mount_md @PSkidMd
@threadreaderapp unroll please
