If you have ever come to know a man that you really respect, one who really does his homework and one whose career path in education seems limitless based on his no-nonsense and humble way for caring for what he does, then you would know my friend Phil.

Mentoring is by far one of the best tools parents have to positively influence our children and grandchildren. Mentoring requires two important aspects - Modeling and Teaching. In my opinion you cannot do one without the other.

Learn to be the man that you ought to be......spend time with your kids...teach them...mold them...love them

This past Saturday a friend of mine and I escorted our two daughters to a daddy/daughter dance.

When dad's leave or fail to be a role model and mentor in a child's life, children feel rejected. We feel that maybe it was our fault? Maybe dad doesn't love me? Maybe I don't measure up to dad's standards?Rejection is the defining characteristic of the fatherless generation.

What if I told you that a majority of the crimes, teen pregnancies, drug problems and social deficiencies in our schools and country could not only be attributed to one issue but that we could also decide to change it and wipe out these problems?We have a growing, silent epidemic in our country today. Fatherlessness.