The Frontier Psychiatrists

The Frontier Psychiatrists

Share this post

The Frontier Psychiatrists
The Frontier Psychiatrists
Advice For Dads

Advice For Dads

Walk your kids to school, if humanly possible.

Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP's avatar
Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP
Feb 07, 2025
∙ Paid
21

Share this post

The Frontier Psychiatrists
The Frontier Psychiatrists
Advice For Dads
7
6
Share

Being a parent… if you thought anything else was hard, you were incorrect. I have twin children. We have twin children. That is

Carlene MacMillan, MD
and myself. Thank goodness, I'm not attempting parenting on my own because it would eat me alive. My twin children, a boy and a girl, are awesome. I'm blessed to have these specific children. Prior kiddo writing is available here and here and here.

Many of us didn't have the best examples of parenting in our lives. My dad, who was a pretty good father to me but an even better father to other children he had, had to travel a lot. Many parents have to work more than they would like. My dad traveled five days a week. He was on a plane, flying around the country, but he was home on weekends, and, at least until I was in high school and he retired from his sales job, he was basically on the road. This was not entirely bad for my early childhood because my mother, despite working hard to build a not-for-profit, did most of it from Home when we were young…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 The Frontier Psychiatrists
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share