“A Dad’s Point-Of-View”

LESSONS OF A BIG BROTHER AND MENTOR

One of the clichés about volunteerism is the fact that you often get more than you give. In my case, it was in ways and means I least expected. I’ve just become a Big Brother, again, to a 7-year-old boy and a Mentor to a 22-year-old young man. As these relationships are new, I don’t yet know what lessons I will learn. But, I know well the lessons I learned the first time around.

I became a Big Brother, long before I was married or a parent. My life, at that time, was pretty heady. In my early 30’s, I had a successful showbiz career in which I was paid way too much for having so much fun, I lived in a lovely home in a chic part of town, had two cars, and no one to worry about other than myself.

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TATTOOS, RAP AND SAGGY PANTS by Bruce Sallan

The journey from child, to teen, to young adult to parent seems to have similar stops along the way for most everyone. My college years were during the “age of stupidity,” as a man I greatly respect refers to the ‘60s and early ‘70s.  As a love-child and soon-to-be yuppie, I was thoroughly convinced that I would be a different parent to any children I might have than my parents were to me.

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   IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID,

   I MEAN SON,

   by Bruce Sallan

   With the Dow entering territory not seen in a decade and housing prices declining to pre-WWII levels (okay, a little exaggeration), I can’t quite elude the concerns I’m feeling about our country and our future, specifically its impact on my boys. Till now, they’ve lived in the relative lap of luxury and convenience.

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Quality Time

Some people believe that they can schedule “quality time” with their kids, in which they think their kids will open up, reveal what’s really going on, and “share”.  They want to schedule this time the way they schedule a business lunch.  But, kids don’t work on these kinds of schedules!  They’ll open up when they’re good and ready and usually this will be when you least expect it, as happened this weekend with my younger son!

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