A few months back, I was on a podcast and they asked me to define my view of success in terms of fatherhood. Here’s what I said, “Success as a father would look like my kids wanting their kids to be around me.” The dad’s role in a family is unique. We’re the masculine expression of love, teaching, discipline, physical affection, play, work ethic, social responsibility, sharing feelings, and conflict resolution. The way children relate to men as they grow up will be defined by our example of masculinity (which may also explain why a generation of absent fathers has created another generation of men don’t know how to relate to other men). At some point in their lives, our kids will choose whether or not…