Why I Want To Be A Father Essay

I want to be a father because I want to have a child I can love and help grow up. I have no preference whether my child will be a girl or boy, more importantly I will do my best to show my love to all my children. Fatherhood in general has its ups and downs but I’m a very optimistic person that I can’t wait to be a father. I can see myself teaching my child about education and sports. I love soccer and plan introduce my child to the sport. If she or he does not have the same love for the sport as I do, I won’t be mad at all. However, I will make sure my child is involve in a sport or an activity so he or she become a well-rounded child. Throughout my life I had great experiences with children whether it’s babysitting or coaching. I had the opportunity to coach kids at the boys and girls club during the summers of my high school and college years. Due to a great program that took place at Wabash College called …show more content…
One reason is after reading the course description, I felt that it was interesting topic that I could probably learn a thing or two about being a good father. I’m not saying that I didn’t have a great father but he wasn’t the best either. For the most part, my father did a great job raising me to appreciate education because he wasn’t given the same opportunity to further his education. Both my parents high education was 6th grade. So I am the first in my family to graduate middle school, and high school. I will the first to graduate from college by the end of this school year. I don’t blame my father for any bad parenting because when he was three years old his father died. Therefore, growing up I learn to appreciate what my father has done for me because my father did not abandon my mother and me. Instead my father read a lot of books and some of them where about parenting. When my parents came to the USA at the age 19 they both read a lot books to educate themselves and learn how to prosper in