Fathers and Sons Reflection

I have always thought that my father and I have had a unique relationship so I enjoy reading stories where other father/son relationships are showed. I think that my father and Dr. Adams have some prominent similarities as well as a couple characteristics that set them far apart. For example, Nick talks about how he learned a lot from his father but nothing ever about sex. My dad has pretty much taught me everything valuable I know but has also never really had any kind of "sex" talk with me. In class we talked about how this is unhealthy but I really don't think it is that weird. I figured everything out on my own and if my father were ever to sit me down and talk about something sexually related I would... well I don't know what I'd do because my father would never do that. Another way in that my father and Nick's father are similar is in the way they deal with misbehavior. I got spanked and "got the belt" pretty often as a child when I did something wrong. There were moments when I hated my father because of it but I can't imagine another form of discipline that would have stuck with me. My father was by no means abusing me, he was just getting me in line and there is no way I would be the person I am today if my father had told me to go take a timeout in my room if I had gotten in a fight with my brother or something.

There are however a lot of differences that I think make my dad different than Nick's. For one, my dad is always proud of me. There have been plenty of times where he has been disappointed because of my behavior but my father always supports me and would never look down upon anything I do. He would never say anything bad about me (unless he were kidding) or never be ashamed of how I performed in school or in sports.

While my father and I's relationship was not very vocal or sentimental we always knew each other well enough to know that there are some things that don't even need to be talked about. When I come home from school for Christmas my father and I will probably talk a little about school, a little about football, and that will probably be the extent of what we'll talk about but that is why I love him. He is always there when I need him to be and never being overbearing when I don't need him to be.