I think it's the hardest job in the world. It's easier to go bungi jumping without a cord. There is no real training that can prepare you for this occupation.

It's got to be the most important of all the occupations.

I wasn't able to do it really well. I muddled along at it and sometimes did something right. Not often, though.

You might be ready for it if you're willing to admit, like me, that you don't know much about it and have a helluva lot to learn about doing it. And be prepared to get it wrong a lot of the time.

Parenthood has brought me joy, sadness, happiness and pain. I cry for my kids sometimes when I think that they had me as a parent. And sometimes I think I might have got something right.

Frank