A recent University study found that the average father in America spends less than sixty seconds per day in conversations with his children! The actual number was 47 seconds per day.

In fact, fathers will spend more time talking 'at' their children than actually talking to them.

Often the real problem is not that fathers don't talk to their children, they don't 'listen' to them. The art of conversation starts learning to listen to what is actually being communicated - not necessarily what is being said.

Generally speaking, fathers work all day, in fact they often head of to work before the kids are out of bed, or at least before they are fully awake. Some fathers even work late into the evening, not arriving home until after their child's bedtime, or not long before their bedtime.

Don't get me wrong. Fathers do love their children and I have often heard the argument that these long hours are worked to provide for their children. The reality is often more a case of not only being addicted to work, but being in a routine that is hard to break.

Honestly guys, our kids deserve far better than that. We need to learn to actually communicate with our children. We need to sit down and discuss the days events, and I don't just mean asking them what they learnt at school today. Ask them what they liked about school today and what they didn't like.

Dads, we need to spend more time with our kids - more importantly, we need to spend more time communicating with them.

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