Pick This Person Over Time With Your Kids and Your Kids Will Love You For It - Movember Daily Dad Episodes

Episode 288 - Pick This Person Over Time With Your Kids and Your Kids Will Love You For It - Movember Daily Dad Episodes Pick Your Partner Your relationship with your partner deserves your time, especially when kids, work, and everyday responsibilities consume your attention. Marriage and fatherhood can pull you in many directions, and the person you loved first can slowly receive whatever time remains after everything else gets finished. That pattern can become a habit. Make Your Partner A Priority Think about how often you make time for your kids compared with how often you make intentional time for your wife or partner. Dad Space challenges fathers to change that balance. Sometimes you will face a choice between another activity and time with your partner. Take that choice seriously. Choosing your relationship can strengthen your family because your children watch how you treat each other. They learn from what they see. A strong relationship gives children a living example of commitment and care. When kids see their parents making time for each other, they learn that marriage and partnership deserve attention even when life gets busy. Say No To The Extra Stuff You have permission to cancel plans. Put something else aside. Tell your partner that tonight belongs to the two of you. The decision might surprise them, especially if you rarely make that choice. That surprise can tell you something. Your relationship needs intentional time before distance becomes the normal pattern. Waiting for the perfect opportunity rarely works. Make the opportunity today. Start Today This challenge does not belong on next week's calendar. Do something today for the person you loved first. Make plans. Cancel something. Sit together. Talk. Reconnect. Your kids will notice the way you love your partner, and that example can shape the way they understand relationships for years to come. Key Takeaway Putting your partner first sometimes strengthens your role as a dad. Give your relationship intentional time today and let your children see you invest in the person you love. Start today. Not someday. https://movember.com/ ___ https://dadspace.ca Leave Dave a voice message here! Tell me where you are listening from!? https://www.speakpipe.com/HelloDave music provided by Blue Dot Sessions Song: The Big Ten https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/258270