Only a few moments prior to boarding the plane, I spoke with a father who traveled 48 weeks out of every year on business. My own job as a software engineer often takes me away from wife and eight children. Like many others in the business world, I am a "jet lag dad." After taking my seat on the plane, I heard a father talking rather loudly to his daughter on a cell phone. He began with pleasantries, but before long he was giving her an angry verbal tongue-lashing over her college grades and threatening to withdraw support. At that moment, I determined that I would find ways to gain and keep the hearts of my children. Because I love Dads, I want to share lessons here I have learned on fatherhood in hopes of helping other Dads. If you are a Dad, then welcome to the biggest room in the world -- the room for IMPROVEMENT! I'll be adding a lot to this site in the next few months and I'm hoping you'll share your insights with me, so we can all capture the hearts of our children.