Around our house the new year brings a renewed resolve to "track" things.
A new master calendar adorns the fridge with transcribed birthdays and two months worth of social engagements; fresh monthly budget sheets are neatly placed in a stack; a year's worth of unfiled paper work is filed away...
I was just thinking the same necessity to "track" exists for our kids. As a reminder/encouragement, here's some words from Ken Canfield:
Remember the first manned American space flight? NASA didn't simply give Alan Sheppard, Jr. the keys to the Mercury Atlas rocket, wish him luck, and hope he'd send back some good pictures of the earth. Instead, they pro-actively launched him into space, tracked him carefully throughout his flight, and welcomed him after splash down. It was a team effort.
Like Mission Control, a father tracks his children's development and knows about their world. You need to know when to step in and help, how not to cause embarrassment, what dangers they are susceptible to, and how to help them reach their goals and dreams. In particular, you track your child's development. Is he moving successfully into adulthood? Does she have a healthy self-image? Is he adopting a sensible, moral lifestyle?
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