'Measure twice, cut once': 22 Fatherly nuggets of dad-vice a kid will never forget

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Feb 16, 2025 7:00 PM EST

Parents want a better life for their kids—it's simple science. After a life well-lived, a lot of parents have a plethora of wisdom waiting at their fingertips, but it might not be as simple as they'd hoped to explain. Imparting a lifetime of values, morals, tips, and advice on another human can sometimes feel trite and insane, but to your kid, your parental wisdom could mean the world to them. 

Many kids have memories of their parents, specifically their fathers, bearing down nuggets of amazing advice, and a lot of it includes tried-and-true methods to a good, wholesome, and decent life. And isn't that what we all want at the end of the day? Keep scrolling to read some real tidbits of sage advice that dads have passed along to their offspring, lovingly guiding them throughout their lives—even well beyond their years. 

After this, here's another wholesome collection of therapeutic knowledge that'll give your day the sunshine it needed.

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    My dad has taught me countless lessons in life. Being a biker dude, a lot of his advice came in the form of warnings like, 'Never get on the back of a boy's motorcycle' or 'Always wear a helmet.' And truthfully, that's been some pretty rock solid guidance that I'll always stick to.

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  • SarcasmGPT You can be upset at something you did wrong for 5 minutes or 5 months, nothing changes except the amount of time you punish yourself.
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  • CharmingNbeautiful The scariest moments in life usually become the best stories later.
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  • funkabillybongo "Measure twice, cut once" - It started out as a woodworking thing in our basement or garage, but has been something that I apply in everyday life. Any decision of great import, I double check myself.
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  • 2kids2adults Make sure that when you die, that it's the last thing on your list left to do.
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  • General Student_... (When learning to drive) Always remember, everyone else on the road is an idiot.
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  • bunnilella He told me "failures don't define you, how you rise after them does". It's been a mantra that keeps me going.
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  • FoodCourtBailiff Let's skip church and go see Jurassic Park instead. Don't tell your mom.
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  • Sir_Lemming $5000 isn't a lot of money to have, but it's a lot of money to owe. I keep this in mind every time I have to make a large, financed, purchase.
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  • Providence451 I talked a lot as a kid (still do). My sister was complaining that I talked too much, that I even talked to strangers like I knew them and it was weird! My dad told me never to stop talking to people, never stop making connections, because in the long run connecting with others is all that matters.
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  • metricsnow 2 sentences that are stuck in my head until this day: "If you get yourself into the ditch you have to get yourself out of the ditch" "The more things you have the more things you have to worry about"
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  • pickledp3ar "It's not my time yet" he said this whilst battling cancer. He's in remission now! And "I'm proud of you" We both agreed I was a bit of a when I was younger but I turned out alright.
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  • LibertineOnTheLo... "Earn enough money to die someplace warm." A Seattle father.
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  • Proof-Ad-2975 "Dont make the same mistakes i made im here to teach you and help you to avoid so you have what i never had as a kid"
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  • Letters_to_Dionysus "when someone tells you they love you dont take it at face value, look at how they act and use that to judge" said shortly before proving he didnt love me ahaha
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  • ilikebison "Always pay yourself first." B 67 ◇ Reply
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  • Lizzy_Of_Galtar We were getting rid of all the doors in the house and before he took my bedroom door he handed me a hammer and went. Have fun. I went through the door in the literal sense, it was quite fun.
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  • HD-MC-NYC "No one ever really grows up. They just grow tired".
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  • stranded_egg "You better make sure you know how to take care of yourself, kiddo, because no one's ever going to care about you."
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  • Wise-Seesaw-772 "Remember, son, no matter how good she looks, someone, somewhere, is sick of her sh."
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  • ChronicallyMental "Always be aware of your surroundings." He's a fourth degree black belt in multiple Indonesian and Filipino arts, along with stick/knife fighting and JKD.
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  • What are some things YOUR father shared with you that you'll never forget? 

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