More: This time on would he do anything different? :
Update:
This may come as a wild shock to some.. wait for it.. wait.... (I need that guy who did the awesome HD youtube parody to do me an intro here. Where is he when I need him?)
I’m NOT a hero... of ANY kind... at all.
I’m not a super-dad, or awesome parent.
I’m a normal guy with reasonable a moral compass that I try very hard to keep pointed north. I make a LOT of mistakes. Did I say a LOT? I mean a WHOLE lot! Daily... sometimes hourly!
I’m extremely lucky to have a very strong wife who tolerates me and puts up with my mistakes, and who herself is strong enough that she can put me in my place with only a look.. no really.. you haven’t seen her “I’m not kidding anymore” face... it’s serious.
(For example I can apparently destroy a laptop and garnish world-wide attention in mere seconds, but I guarantee tomorrow morning my wife will say “Hey Chuck Norris. Make the freakin BED WILL YOU PLEASE” because I’ll forget to.
(I have to admit the “Chuck Norris wears Tommy Jordan pajamas” comment will stay with me for the rest of my life. I want that on a bumper sticker!)
I’m lucky to have great kids (two of them) who look up to me despite all my mistakes.
I make bad parenting decisions all the time. We all do. Personally, I stand behind the decision I made earlier this week by posting the video. I don’t find fault with it. If I had it to do again... let’s see... I’d do it almost the same.
I’d not be smoking a cigarette. (That’s a habit I promised my wife I’d quit as soon as I could afford to just go out and buy a Chantix prescription. She absolutely hates it and I’m getting mature enough to want to quit it for my own reasons as well.)
I’d not have used the word “ass” in my comment directed at my daughter. That was rude and a bad example of a parent using the “Do as I say, not as I do” philosophy
I’d have worn my Silverbelly Stetson, not my Tilley hat if I’d known that image was going to follow me the rest of my life and I’d probably have cleaned my boots.
That’s it. I meant all the rest of it. My wife is OK with it. My daughter is OK with it. My Mother is OK with it. I’m OK with it. We’re the only ones that matter.
His responses show me someone who is able to look critically at themselves in the mirror. So with that, I find no real fault with him at all. Kids drive ya’ nuts because we love them so much.
Then why did you put it out then in public inviting the whole "village" to comment?
Actually, I'm 3/4 convinced the whole thing was an act. Reality show here we come.