I am a father of two --- a cute and pesky 4-year old girl and cute and not-so-pesky one-year old. I guess many working dads like me struggle to keep up with the energy of kids today. It's a full-time job and its hard. Sometimes I wonder, how do other dads do it. Well, here are a few tricks of mine.
Make time for them - i go off work at 4pm, arrive at home around 5pm. Between that and the time they go to sleep at around 7-8pm, I only have 1-2 hours to spend with the kids. I make sure that I am with them the whole time --- running around playing games (we still play tag) or simply watching their favorite DVDs. Family time is scarce these days but there is a fixed amount of time everyday (say, 8 hours) for work.
Give the kids a hug and a kiss when you get home - make it a habit and soon you'll see that everytime youo get home, they'll come running to you.
If you got time to spare during weekends and day-offs, spend it with family - I do my push-ups, dumb bell routines with kids in tow. And we've got lots of bonding moments --- me doing the push-ups with a kid on my back, me lifting both kids on either arm as weights and many more.
Give the kids a kiss and whisper them "I love you so much" before they sleep - Trust me, this works. Whats comes around, goes around. One time, I slept a bit early while the kids are still awake. My daughter sneaked up to my bed and whispered to my ear, in her broken and spotty English, "daddy, alabyusomuch, mwah!".
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