{"id":7561,"date":"2012-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/"},"modified":"2012-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Father\u2019s Day – An Opportunity for Self-Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father\u2019s Day is special to me. Although getting gifts is fun, I never dwell on that part of the day. I always focus on how fortunate I am to be blessed with three beautiful children who call me \u201cDad.\u201d Because of my past issues with my father, I don\u2019t take the title \u201cDad\u201d lightly. Along with being a husband, being a dad is the most important job that I\u2019ve ever had. Each day, I work hard to model proper behavior and instill strong values in my children. More importantly, I strive to show them love and affection (I\u2019m a big hugger).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With any job, it\u2019s important to assess your performance on a regular basis. Father\u2019s Day is my reset point where I become introspective and really evaluate how I\u2019m performing as a father.\u00a0Each year, I ask myself the following questions to see how well I\u2019ve lived up to my personal expectations:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Have I used my words and actions to ensure that all three of my children feel loved?<\/li>\n
  2. Have I given my children the confidence to set goals and achieve them?<\/li>\n
  3. Have I nurtured my relationship with my wife so my children can feel secure in the stability of our marriage?<\/li>\n
  4. Have I modeled good moral and spiritual character?<\/li>\n
  5. Have I been a good steward of our family\u2019s finances?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I\u2019ll admit that I sometimes fall short in a few areas, but I make it a point to work on improving these shortcomings during the following year.<\/p>\n

    One of the most important things that we do is eat meals together.\u00a0During our Father\u2019s Day dinner (my wife always makes me a nice rib-eye steak) I ask my kids to respond to the questions above. They feel safe answering the questions frankly because we always have open discussions around the dinner table.\u00a0Our family\u2019s meals give us an opportunity to really delve into each other\u2019s lives and speak honestly about our feelings.\u00a0In our family we don’t have to wait for a special occasion to celebrate time with each other. We always prioritize family time, whether it’s working on a project together or planning an activity in our own city.\u00a0My hope is that my kids grow up to be well-adjusted adults with an appreciation for their parents\u2019 commitment to create real connections that last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

    My kids\u2019 assessments help to become a better man and a better father. I know that I will never be the \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest Dad,\u201d but I will strive to be the dad that my kids need at any given moment. I\u2019m thankful for the opportunity to be a father and that\u2019s why Father\u2019s Day will always be special to me.<\/p>\n

    Fred Goodall, a Together Counts blogger ambassador, contributed this post. When Fred is not out spending time with his family you can find him writing on his personal blog, Mocha Dad<\/a>. Fred started his blog in 2008 to chronicle his life as a father of three children and to share the different family values he hopes to pass down to his children. Outside of blogging, Fred enjoys music, photography and surfing the web.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Father\u2019s Day is special to me. Although getting gifts is fun, I never dwell on that part of the day. I always focus on how fortunate I am to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFather\u2019s Day - An Opportunity for Self-Reflection - Together Counts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Father\u2019s Day - An Opportunity for Self-Reflection - Together Counts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Father\u2019s Day is special to me. Although getting gifts is fun, I never dwell on that part of the day. I always focus on how fortunate I am to be […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Together Counts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/166.62.110.60\/71t.ea8.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg?time=1639590300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"214\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"142\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Goodman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Goodman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katie Goodman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19336188a082b3ee7e3718d8e6463fe9\"},\"headline\":\"Father\u2019s Day – An Opportunity for Self-Reflection\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":543,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Healthy Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/\",\"name\":\"Father\u2019s Day - An Opportunity for Self-Reflection - Together Counts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19336188a082b3ee7e3718d8e6463fe9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg\",\"width\":214,\"height\":142},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Father\u2019s Day – An Opportunity for Self-Reflection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Together Counts\",\"description\":\"Take the Pledge to Share Meals and Get Active Together!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19336188a082b3ee7e3718d8e6463fe9\",\"name\":\"Katie Goodman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/431098ce45f2c2f1fef54c7bb134316a30bb727de7e752b01892f7539e8185d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/431098ce45f2c2f1fef54c7bb134316a30bb727de7e752b01892f7539e8185d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/431098ce45f2c2f1fef54c7bb134316a30bb727de7e752b01892f7539e8185d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katie Goodman\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/togethercounts.com\\\/es\\\/author\\\/katie-goodman\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Father\u2019s Day - An Opportunity for Self-Reflection - Together Counts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Father\u2019s Day - An Opportunity for Self-Reflection - Together Counts","og_description":"Father\u2019s Day is special to me. Although getting gifts is fun, I never dwell on that part of the day. I always focus on how fortunate I am to be […]","og_url":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/","og_site_name":"Together Counts","article_published_time":"2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":214,"height":142,"url":"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/166.62.110.60\/71t.ea8.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg?time=1639590300","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Katie Goodman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Katie Goodman","Tiempo de lectura":"3 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/"},"author":{"name":"Katie Goodman","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19336188a082b3ee7e3718d8e6463fe9"},"headline":"Father\u2019s Day – An Opportunity for Self-Reflection","datePublished":"2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/"},"wordCount":543,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg","articleSection":["Healthy Living"],"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/","url":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/","name":"Father\u2019s Day - An Opportunity for Self-Reflection - Together Counts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg","datePublished":"2012-06-15T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19336188a082b3ee7e3718d8e6463fe9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/shutterstock_255307392-e1339772090153.jpg","width":214,"height":142},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/fathers-day-an-opportunity-for-self-reflection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Father\u2019s Day – An Opportunity for Self-Reflection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/","name":"Together Counts","description":"Take the Pledge to Share Meals and Get Active Together!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19336188a082b3ee7e3718d8e6463fe9","name":"Katie Goodman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/431098ce45f2c2f1fef54c7bb134316a30bb727de7e752b01892f7539e8185d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/431098ce45f2c2f1fef54c7bb134316a30bb727de7e752b01892f7539e8185d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/431098ce45f2c2f1fef54c7bb134316a30bb727de7e752b01892f7539e8185d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Katie Goodman"},"url":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/author\/katie-goodman\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=7561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1425\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=7561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=7561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/togethercounts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=7561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}