Joel Achenbach on father-child bonding.
A special pleasure of fatherhood at this time of year is teaching a child the art of watching football on TV all day long and into the night as the living room becomes a debris field of beer cans and pizza crusts and the child increasingly begs to be allowed to go outside and play, or some such request that is totally inappropriate to the game situation.
“Daddy, I’m going to my room to read a book,” the kid will say.
“On fourth-and-goal???” the father will answer.