There's a saying, "father knows best." I grew up with my Dad, and I use to hear this saying a lot.?

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...  Now that I'm a Dad myself, this saying has a new meaning for me.

   I fought with my Dad steady when I was a teenager. I thought he was trying to make me be like him too much. I thought he was trying to stop me from being with my friends. Like when he wouldn't let me go out because I didn't do my homework yet. My Dad would ground me when I didn't come home on time. He wouldn't let me grow my hair long or color it like my friends.

   I guess I was like most kids, I hated being controled all the time. It seemed my Dad was always on my case. Now, I have a little boy who is just turning twelve. Sometimes I sound just like my father, saying, "don't do this!" or "don't do that!" I lost my Dad two years ago, but sometimes I talk to him, wherever he is, and I say, "you did know best, Dad." Because, looking back, he was right in all the things he told me

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i think it is a case to case basis and dont be surprise if your son has some qualities like yours because he is from you like what you are from your dad. Many parents act like that because they really want just the good things for their children that sometimes we forgot that being hurt and mistakes are part of life that our children need to experience in order for them to learn and be strong to face and live the life. All we can do is to guide them explain to them what are the pros and cons that they might encounter when they do this or that. The best thing is that let us be a parent when they need a parent and be a friend for them when they need a friend

There's a saying, "father knows best." I grew up with my Dad, and I use to hear this saying a lot.?

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