Most fathers don't wake up wanting to be impatient.
Or distant.
Or reactive.
But pressure has a way of leaking into the home before we notice it.
It changes our tone.
Our pace.
Our presence.
And children feel it long before they understand it.
One truth that I hold is that stability is not something we teach.
It's something we transmit.
I also noticed that many fathers are not lacking love, discipline, or responsibility.
They're lacking recalibration.
A way to return to themselves before pressure becomes the atmosphere of the home.