Learn, Discern, Resolve

Before resolutions get set for the new year it's helpful to think about what lessons have been learned. So, for dads, it's important to remember that you don't teach by lecturing, but you influence by example and support.

Take world record holder Mike Kittman (who once spun 28 balls at the same time and, more recently, eight balls at the same time while blindfolded) whose example and support has led to a world record for his son, Cameron.



The 13-year-old spun six different types of balls simultaneously.

The (somewhat oblique) point is that the most important lesson to build on for the new year is that sometimes it's the wrapping paper, as a new father discovers by seeing what about a present really matters to his new child, and sometimes it's the substance as when a father cried in front of his child because he couldn't vote.