Back in February I spoke about walking into exam rooms and intuiting that some children had special family support, from both parents or weved siblings who had love to share. Just last week I entered a room to see a 1 year old girl who was with her father that day. Many young persons of this age are upset at being in a doctors office given all the shots they have had already, but this little girl was pretty relaxed and it made examining her a lot easier. After a while it occurred to me that this father was giving his daughter a lot of special attention. I told him so and added that fathers play such an especially important role in the lives of their daughters. Asked him how it was that was so involved. Then his story came out.
His childhood was rough. His mother left when he was three, and he hung out with his father, and then had a stepmother who was abusive. Then he said to me: "I want her to have what I didn't have." I told him he was doing very well and wished him a good day. It's true: every parent at heart wants their children to have it better than they did.
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