One evening a couple months ago,we were getting ready for supper. While my wife was putting the food one the table ,I asked my child what he wanted to eat .

“you can have rice, corn , or steamed bread,” I said.

Fuhaotian, My fondest  who was almost 4 years old at the time,asked me ,”what are you having,daddy?”

“well,I’ill probably have rice,” I answered.

 “I ‘ll have rice,too,” fuhaotian decided.

During the meal,I asked my wife to pass me the corn.”I’ll  have some,too,daddy,” my son told me,

I was starting to notice a trend.

“fuhaotian,”,I said,”if I ate a bug,would you eat one,too?” I questioned.

“yes”, he said,laughing.

“why would you eat a bug if I ate one,fuhaotian?” Don’t you think that would taste  yucky?why would you eat it just because I did ?” I asked him.

“Cause you’re my daddy!”,he said proudly.

“cause you’re my daddy!” .At that moment ,I truly recongnized the awesome responsibility I had in raising my child. I realized exactly how much of an impact I was having.

My son ,at least for now,will try to be like me .That will change as he gets older and new role models enter his life. But in the meantime,I’m it.I’m the role model. And that’s a huge responsibily and one I take very seriously.