Comments on: Retro – GamerDad Family #4

By: gamermom

gamermom — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:47:37 +0000

Andrew is a proud papa, a great dad and really fun at parades. It is great to see him post these again, it brings back lots of good memories. It is fun to see him grow as a father with the kids. We love you Gamerdad!

By: Rich Neves

Rich Neves — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:37:00 +0000

I tell first time parents-to-be the same things. That no matter how much you think you understand how your life is going to change when that baby arrives, you are wrong. I don’t care who you are or how educated you are of how much you have read, you are wrong. There is nothing in this world that can prepare you for the feelings when you become a parent, except if you have done it before. The 2nd time around you are a little more prepared, but it still doesn’t matter.

My son was born 7 years ago and I still marvel over everything he does. Just this morning before going to camp he had grabbed one of his mother’s workbooks for 2nd/3rd grade (she is a teacher) and was doing 3 digit subtraction. And my daughter, who is 16 months, well, she is just the cutest thing since sliced bread. I can totally relate to what you wrote because that is how I feel right now. And to top it all off, she calls mommy and grammy “da-da”.

Kids are amazing.

By: RyanR

RyanR — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:28:46 +0000

As the PROUD father (and gamer) an 8 month old, I can appreciate the sentiments you express here. Thanks for reprinting and sharing…

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:07:46 +0000

The worst part of being a parent is having to realize as our kids age that they are just people – they might have unlimited possibilities, but unfortunately they do not have unlimited capabilities. Worse still is hearing someone else tell you that … and knowing it is true.

But that feeling of being full of pride persists … I remember the librarian approaching our older son at a school open house after he had only been in school for ~3-4 days and remarking about how bright he was and how she is getting new books to keep him challenged …

By: GamerDad

GamerDad — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:13:12 +0000

Oh yes, this was written when Maggie was about 8-12 months. She got cuter from here but nowadays I’m not quite as keen on strangers complimenting her. And I’m proud for a wider variety of reasons mostly having to do with her humor, spirit, stubborness, and intellect.

By: Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:05:08 +0000

I think pride is critical to kids developing good self-confidence and a willingness to try new things. What I notice, though, is that pride sometimes turns to over-coddling especially with only children, and the parents expect others to find everything they do cute at 10 – like taking food away from strangers at picnics, hitting, and so on.

Of course I’m talking about other kids … mine are perfect