Helping your kids evaluate their lives on a daily basis is a habit that will serve them well over time. One way to do this is to go around the dinner table and ask each child to describe their Good, Great, Change. They love it - it's dedicated time for them to talk about themselves - and it also helps them recognize behaviors or actions that they could have changed or done differently.

Here's how it works.

1. Good: What was good about your day? What was one thing that you did or that happened to you that was good?
2. Great: Same question, but this time focus on the highlight of your day.
3. Change: If you could change anything about yourself or your actions today, what would it be?

Anything goes - no judgements are allowed, and no criticisms... with one exception - they are not allowed to describe a change that they wish one of their siblings would make. It has to be about themselves.

Warning: they will almost always ask you to do your own "Good, Great, Change" as well. Use this as a time to be transparent with them and share with them your own behavioral changes you could have made. Even if it's the way you related to your boss or coworker, or that you wish you would have nailed the sales presentation better. Remember, anything goes

I'll compile a list of daddy suggestions and ideas like the ones and put them in a navigation menu on the left, so please keep your ideas coming.

Also, I hope you don't look at the growing list of daddy suggestions, and get discouraged if you're not quite measuring up. Try to just pick one thing and try it on for a while. Then later pick up another. It won't be long before you'll think of something on your own and can contribute your idea back to the group! (I borrowed many of these ideas from other dads or books I've read.)