My son will have his whole family in the audience for his band concert tonight.

Normally I wouldn’t mention attending your child’s events as a time to give because its common sense to a lot of parents. Nonetheless, its very important.

When I was in high school, I very distinctly remember when my father did and didn’t attend my home basketball games. He went to quite a few, but missed quite a few others. I remember asking my mother why he sometimes didn’t attend. I remember that there wasn’t a reason.

Missing the small things in a child’s life create an impression. And its not a good one.