Many men struggle to break free of a hard life. A combination of an absent father, a family history of drugs and alcohol, and a series of bad choices left him with a prison sentence and plenty of time to evaluate his life. If one day he marries and has children, to break the chain of difficulty that has wrapped itself around our life. He will need to figure out a way to deal wi th the past and face the present in a healthier way – for their sake and that of their kids. Many individuals can identify with at least some of the fractured heritage. We may have had a hard-driving dad who expected a lot from us. Perhaps our father was not around much and did not connect emotionally with his children. We tend to approach parenting as we experienced it. As we grow up, we assemble a collection of tools, and when we have children of our own, we reach into that toolbox and use those tools with our children. That's a truth we need to consider. Whether we grew up...