Which line is most meaningful for you? Screenshot opportunity at 45 seconds. Thank you to the random stranger who changed my family’s life by having the courage to share this list out of the blue 🫶 #parenting #fatherhood #motherhood #girldad #boydad

This is the most important thing anyone has ever shared with me as a parent. This is actually a list that was given to my buddy who's an orthopedic doctor. This patient came in and it had nothing to do with parenting. He's an orthopedic doctor. He was like fixing his bones. And this guy gave him this list. He was a very serious guy. May have been an engineer, very focused on details and kind of a quiet guy. But my buddy shared this list with me and it completely changed the way that I view my timeline with my children. I want you to share this with anyone who is a parent or thinking about becoming a parent because it's truly life changing. Here it is. Alright, so let's go through this together. A child cherishes a parent's presence above all else. You have a very short time in which to be the major influence on your children's lives. Now this all seems very straightforward and something that you know. But just wait until later. It's going to really start to hit you like it hit me. Little time equals little influence. Okay, let me move my head out of the way here. The world, deadlines, contracts and so forth will always be there. Your children won't. You can never spend too much time with your family. The thief in American homes today is overactivity. That one really hit me. I'm ADHD. This still isn't like the biggest line for me yet, but I am the squirrel. I have a thousand things going on in my life. I know you guys do as well. But the thief in American homes is overactivity. This is the line for me. Whatever intimacy parents and teens enjoy is almost always cultivated before the age of 12. And rarely after it. And that one hit me especially hard because I think when I got this my son was like 8. Or maybe he was just turning 87, something like that. But I realized, oh my God. I don't have until he's 18. I have until he's 12. I have four more years with this kid. Out of quantity time comes quality moments. That's an amazing line. Out of quantity time comes quality moments. If you make time with your children when they're young, there will be opportunities, even requests from them when they're older. Before you say no, pause and think, why not? Then decide, yes or no. There really comes such a time as too late. Share this with parents. Maybe it's men who need to hear it the most. I did. And hopefully it changes their lives and their children's lives like I think it has changed mine. Happy parenting, y'all.