tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21030817.post-82820746397667311012007-11-08T00:46:00.000-05:002007-11-08T00:59:27.186-05:00I have been burdened this week (for many reasons) of focusing on protecting my children. I feel this extreme desire (good) as well as pressure (bad) that I must protect them. It sounds sort of "caveman-ish", archaeic or even animalistic. But even as I type, I am not sure how to truly express it. <br /><br />I have an overwhelmingly passion to continue to support their needs and desires financially. That is interplayed with the notion that this financial support is dependant on other factors (people, my company). This support is immediate as well as long term. I have an overwhelmingly sense I need to protect them from "the dangers of the outside world". I have this overwhelming fear that I am turning into my father (is this good or bad?) <br /><br />One example I remember is a gut wrenching feeling when I learned my kids would be taking the bus to school - I could not imagine ENTRUSTING their safety with someone else.<br /><br />So I wonder, will these feelings always be a part of me as a Dad?<br />I also wonder if these feelings a part of something that all Dad's face?<br /><br />I continue to beat up the treadmill on a daily basis pondering Fatherhood matters.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21030817-8282074639766731101?l=fatherhoodmatters.blogspot.com'/></div>JohnnyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808191835352223041noreply@blogger.com2