I had a great Father's Day. I got to spend several hours with my daughter at a minor league baseball game. It's rare that we get that much time together anymore just the two of us . But in the days that followed something else became very clear. I was really a lucky father.
Think about this for a moment. How many father's were unable to experience such a day because of an estranged relationship with their son or daughter? How many sons and daughters were in a similar situation? How many children don't even know who their Dad is? Sobering questions to say the least.
It made me think most of the latter, those children who don't know or who's Dad just isn't around. The studies suggests these are the young people who could easily fall into the "at risk" category. It also is moving me toward doing something. Perhaps getting involved in a program that tries to help at risk young people. Or volunteering in projects that could be of some intervention.
Those of us who have it better than others need to seriously think about getting involved, perhaps by getting our hands "a little dirty" so that there's a positive impact in a child's life. Change happens only one person at a time and it often happens when one person makes a decision to try to create change.
Are you that person?
