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Father School: S tep by StepAfter a whole day spent with your newborn, there will not be many situations where you can lose yourself-control. How can negotiation challenges compare with a child feeling sick in a car as you drive it through asnowstorm?4. You take a course in personal developing.There is no course which would teach you things a little child could. You learn to listen to others, findyourself in new unusual situations, your personal (and perhaps selfish) needs become less important and you learnjuggling several tasks simultaneously.5. You will love your job (even stronger).Taking care of little children is a task much more complicated than many others. After such anexperience, your job will not seem as exhausting.6. You will become an expert in improvisation.Your child is crying throughout the New Year night. No problem. Your ‘ideal life’ idea has changeddramatically with the birth of your child. You’ve learned to accept a true reality and make a maximum use of goodopportunities life gives you.7. You will become a skilful diplomat.It is certainly more difficult to settle a disagreement with your child than to resolve most conflicts atwork. You will become a top expert on diplomacy.8. You will become closer to your child’s mother.You go through this life experience together and share responsibility.9. Your baby needs you.Your baby needs you as much as he needs his mother. The presence of two parents who help eachother out by solving never-ending practical problems creates a better protected environment for the child.10. You should develop a close relationship with your baby.The foundation of the most trusting bond between the baby and his parents is laid when the baby islittle and unprotected. Keep in mind that afterwards you will not be able to make up for lost opportunities.11. Your father instinct is developing.By taking care of your baby you become sensitive to his needs, learn to recognize his specific signalsand establish an understanding at a special level. This is good for your self-confidence too.12. Your baby starts trusting you.Fathers who are rarely at home move to the background in their own family. If you take care of yourchild and demonstrate your interest, he will turn to you for help and will share his joy with you in future.13. You observe your child’s development.You are not just listening how others tell the story of your child’s growing up and developing. All eventshappen in your presence. Each day brings something new.14. Your life is interesting and full of events.Taking care of little children is difficult but you get an incredible return. You feel important and loved asnever before.15. You will never feel sorry about anything in the future.In the future, you will not feel sorry that you were not able to form a close and trusting bond with yourchild from the very beginning.64