Just in time for Father’s Day on June 19th, President Barack Obama has penned a letter about becoming the father he never had. Read it inside….
With so many families who have missing father figures, it’s always good to hear from such a positive role model of fatherhood and how he handles the task himself.
President Barack Obama has penned an open letter that will appear in the next issue of PEOPLE Magazine. He’s speaking on how he raises his two girls, Sasha and Malia, without having a father figure of his own as a model for how to be a good dad. He also speaks on his past mistakes, and how he’s spending the rest of his life making fatherhood his utmost priority.
Read it here:
I grew up without a father around. I have certain memories of him taking me to my first jazz concert and giving me my first basketball as a Christmas present. But he left when I was two years old.
And even though my sister and I were lucky enough to be raised by a wonderful mother and caring grandparents, I always felt his absence and wondered what it would have been like if he had been a greater presence in my life. I still do. It is perhaps for this reason that fatherhood is so important to me, and why I’ve tried so hard to be there for my own children.
That’s not to say I’ve always been a perfect dad. I haven’t. When Malia and Sasha were younger, work kept me away from home more than it should have. At times, the burden of raising our two daughters has fallen too heavily on Michelle. During the campaign, not a day went by that I didn’t wish I could spend more time with the family I love more than anything else in the world.
But through my own experiences, and my continued efforts to be a better father, I have learned something over the years about what children need most from their parents.
Very nice. What did you think?