Dear Ann Landers,
our years ago, I had to discipline my son. From that came a lengthy discussion about our father-son relationship. When the boy told me he did not feel I always treated him fairly, I asked him to sit down and write out what he thought were the most important attributes of a good father. To my surprise, he was gone less than 10 minutes and returned with this list. Over the past four years, I have looked it over several times and felt that for a lad in the 10th grade, he showed a great deal of insight. I'm sending it to you, Ann, because I now realize that it was the turning point in our relationship. If you think it may have value for others, please feel free to run it in your column. -An M.D. in Atlanta

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