Guest Commentary: Father's Day a terrific time for Dad to consider his calling (June 15, 2022)
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By Dr. James Thrasher
The haunting refrains of Harry Chapin’s song “Cat’s in the Cradle,” like “planes to catch and bills to pay … when you coming home, Dad?” started to play in my mind recently.
A Fortune 500 company recruiter asked to join me in my office after a day of on-campus interviewing.
He immediately locked in on, and asked about, the picture of my wife and four kids. With a quavering voice, as if speaking from his soul, he issued an unexpected directive to me: “You go home at five o’clock, Jim, and be a devoted and available husband and father!” He then expl...
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