One of the reasons I adore fatherhood is because it is the definition of what Paulo Freire called praxis. Unlike the other things in life that often involve theory and practice being mutually exclusive, fatherhood lets me engage my pedagogical learnings as a professional educator and shake them into a cocktail of reality.
Oh, and lest I forget autonomy. My most frustrating times as a passion-driven teacher or artist have always involved negotiating difficulties with collaboration, bureaucracy, or politics. Thanks in large part to my goddess of a wife, I rarely have these incidents of creative blockage.
I approach my teacher-dad life as science and art. What about you?
I love this side of parenting. It's made me a better teacher.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite students are my own kids! My kids are still very young (2 & 5) so each day it seems like we get to learn something new! Best job I've ever had!
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