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And, yes, I DO take it personally: A father's Father's Day reflection
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Saturday, June 18, 2005

A father's Father's Day reflection

in today's nyt, an op-ed piece celebrating father's day reflects on daughters and louisa mae alcott's "little women..."
"they need fathers who teach them to think..."

caveat: the following is from a father (me) talking about his daughter...

there's probably nothing i do more than think... it's part of my work, my free time, my spirituality, my life... i was fortunate to be taught how to think early on by some special people to whom i am profoundly grateful... i have tried hard to pass this along to my children because i believe that it may well be the most important skill any of us can have... my daughter, now 22, has embraced her ability to think and has done a remarkable job of using it well in her life... obviously she has a natural capacity but i, along with her two equally thoughtful brothers, can humbly take some credit as well... she is an outstanding human being and will only continue to be more so as her life progresses... i am unspeakably proud of my daughter and my two sons and would never in a million years have traded the opportunity to be a dad...

one word in closing... learning to think is a gift that every parent should provide every child either through direct teaching or by insuring that the means to learn to think are otherwise available... particularly in days like these, rational, independent thought cannot be over-emphasized...

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