5 Daycare Lessons for Dads from Eddie Murphy that Parents Can and Should Implement Right Away
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5 Daycare Lessons for Dads from Eddie Murphy that Parents Can and Should Implement Right Away

It’s amazing how young children can find an old movie that they may have forgotten, decide they like it, and play it over and over and over again.

My five-year-old son has done just that with Eddie Murphy’s Dad Daycare. The really interesting thing is that when I first saw this movie, I saw it through the eyes of a childless man. OH BUT NOT THIS TIME.

Now every time I watch this movie with my son, which is at least twice a week as of the time I write this. I pick up the underlying messages from the film that really motivate me as a father and as an entrepreneur.

So I’ve taken the time to explain Eddy Murphy’s 5 Daycare Lessons for Dads that Parents Can and Should Implement Right Away.

The falsehood of corporate security

The character of Eddie Murphy in this film had a very important and slow career in product development. She routinely answered her cell phone call and endless e-mail chimes. Most men who have worked in the corporate world can relate to this.

But then IT’S happens (insert horror movie music). He and his very good friend are fired in a way that surprises Charlie (eddie’s character) and his business partner Phil. Have any of you ever experienced this? (The author of this post raises his hand.).

Charlie has to instantly accept the reality that his employer had the power to discontinue the job in which he had found his identity. And it didn’t matter how much he invested emotionally. It didn’t matter what his financial obligations were. And it didn’t even matter that he had brought success to the company in the past. What’s next?

What really matters

Charlie no longer filled all his time with meetings, presentations, emails, and phone calls. So what is he doing now? Well, isn’t it obvious from the title? went back to being Potato. She even read to her son at night and even slept in bed with him. (And the crowd goes AWWWW!)

Now, since this wasn’t the end of the movie, the importance of this quality time didn’t really hit him over the head yet. But it did help him shift his focus to home.

the joy of being present

So, Daddy’s Charlie and Phil decide to begin the hilarious task of starting a daycare center for daddies. In which his two children are cared for.

With a mix of lots of poop humor, dress up games, sugar rush and sugar crashes and of course, NAP TIME. Tea daycare for parents takes shape Now remember the scene I talked about earlier, where Charlie read to his son and fell asleep. Well, because of Charlie’s decision to start this business from home, he and his son spent a lot more time together.

Sidebar: This is one of those points where the movie really started to speak to my own desires as a father and businessman.

Charlie went from being an absent Father due to his career, to being a present and committed Father due to a business decision. Which brings me to the next and very valuable point.

true realization

Since this is a family comedy, a lot of hilarity ensues, along with the challenges of two very inexperienced men running a daycare, while competing with the big private academy in town.

Along their journey they face surprise inspections, sabotage and Charlie even faces the very difficult choice of going back to his old job.

Sidebar: For me this represents the struggle that many men go through every day, when they leave their home and their children.

But something surprising happens when he briefly decides to return to the corporate world and leave his innovative daycare for parents. While he was in the boardroom, the same man who fired him not long ago asked him to make a presentation.

IT’S it finally hits him in the head. Realizing that the quality time she has been able to spend with his son is priceless, she abruptly apologized and hurriedly fetched her son from the dreaded Academy she had been competing against. and did the BOLD statement that daycare for parents it was here to stay.

What you can about you from your children

As I watch this movie over and over. Simultaneously I watch my son. I look at what parts of the movie make him laugh and realize I laugh at the same parts. I notice that he is attracted to this movie more than other more popular animated movies. Then I realize that he already has the desire to be a dad when he grows up, and this movie speaks to a deep desire in him.

And guess what… Me too when I was his age. Seeing my son learn and grow highlights my own attributes that I am responsible for developing or correcting within him.

My son has such an amazingly big influence on how I do my career and how I have come to understand the value of time. I am so thankful that it was tough enough to endure my days of being an absent father due to career options. Yet caring enough to forget my absence by the time I got home. (He pauses to catch his breath and not cry.)

I hope this post motivates another Parent to decide that the ones he cares about the most are also worth more of his time than anything else.

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God bless you

rodney k

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