(The following is an excerpt from my new book Joker to King which is available now on Amazon.)

I’m going to assume you already know that your kids need the essentials of food, water, clothing, and shelter. So outside of the basics needed for survival, how do you know what else your kids really need? What kind of father do your kids need you to be?

There’s already plenty of advice available on how to be a good parent. You might find a lot of the “dad vs. father” articles online preaching the same things–spend quality time with your kids, discipline in a firm but fair way, love their mom, show them you care. All of those things are so common because they’re important, and yes, kids really do need those things.

So what I’m going to do is simply add to that list by giving you five items…