MME Wealth and Wellness Minute: 👔 Father’s Day | A Good Father Is Worth a Hundred Teachers · millionaireME

Jon Goodman

Jun 15 • General discussion

MME Wealth and Wellness Minute: 👔 Father’s Day | A Good Father Is Worth a Hundred Teachers

Good morning.

It’s Sunday, June 15th, Father’s Day.

In 1910, in Spokane, Washington, a young woman named Sonora Smart Dodd proposed a day to honor her father—a Civil War veteran who raised six children alone after his wife died in childbirth.

The idea spread slowly.

But by 1972, thanks to Sonora’s persistence and a shift in how the culture viewed men at home—not just at work—Father’s Day became a national holiday.

And what a fitting tribute to men who teach us not just with words, but with presence.

As Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said:

“A good father is worth a hundred teachers.”

Because fathers teach by showing up.

They instruct by sacrificing.

They lead by loving when no one’s watching.

📊 Fatherhood, By the Numbers

• 61% of U.S. men are dads

• 93% say being a father is central to their identity

Children with engaged fathers are:

• 39% more likely to get A’s

• 60% less likely to be suspended

• 2x as likely to succeed socially and emotionally

It’s no exaggeration to say: Fathers shape futures.

Not perfect fathers. Not famous fathers.

Just present ones. Grounded ones. Guiding ones.

The ones who wrestle on the floor, pray over bedtime, mow the lawn, coach the team, work the early shift, and do the dishes without fanfare.

The ones who live by the quiet conviction that providing isn’t just about money—it’s about modeling a life worth following.

As Scripture puts it:

“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”

(Psalm 127:4–5)

So here’s to the arrows.

Here’s to the quivers.

Here’s to the dads—biological, adoptive, step, spiritual, and stand-in—who are building something that will outlast them.

Today, we don’t just say Happy Father’s Day.

We say: Thank you for showing us the way.

And we remember: It’s fathers who are blessed. 😊

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