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PROVO, Utah, May 29, 1997 As Father's Day approaches, many men are reflecting on how they can be better fathers. Achieving balance between work and family is a struggle for many fathers and requires more than just scheduling. "As fathers, we sometimes got into a schedule-efficiency mode," says Roger Merrill, co-author of First Things First with Stephen R. Covey and Rebecca Merrill. "We carry our planner home from work and try to schedule a few key events in the life of a child, all the while thinking 'been there, done that,'" says Merrill. "While showing up is good, events are not a substitute for the thousands of little interactions that take place between events. Life is what happens between events." Says Merrill, "We work hard to make it to the events in the lives of our children, thinking that communicates love and support. And, to some extent, it does. But children growing up in this environment never really learn the confidence and inner strength that comes from being loved 'just because you're you.' So much of what forms individual character and a beautiful family culture comes from thousands of mundane moments of living when it's 'just the family.' | |
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