Print 🖨 PDF 📄 eBook 📱When I became a father, I felt being a wise and dedicated dad was the best type of father to be for my sons. I didn’t consider just being me was an option. I grew up with a ‘wise dad’; he was pretty handy and could fix most things. He had a deep perception about life and was always there to offer advice. He’s not perfect of course, he has his own insecurities, blind spots and quirky character traits like the rest of us, but his love and dedication to his children is unquestioned. As I the wise and dedicated dad, I, took up the role of breadwinner was there if something needed to be fixed around the house was on the committee of the kids’ primary school was dropping them off to various activities would tell them made up stories at bed time was happy to share little ‘factoids’ about life and give them advice. But in truth, I was missing the most important element of fatherhood… just being me… You see, being the ‘wise and dedicated dad’ means that to be useful I had to have something to do, something to fix, some ...