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Fathers watch their kids grow -- and grow with them

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A version of this column first appeared in The Dallas Morning News and on DallasNews.com. Please check out the site . ------------   The Perot Museum of Nature and Science has an exhibit that allows you to spin a dial and zoom in on the smallest particles of the universe. Spin the dial the other direction and you pull back like a camera, and the things we consider huge – the sun, our galaxy, Donald Trump’s ego – become tiny and eventually disappear. It’s really fascinating. It can also be frightening, because after a few minutes of experiencing the scale of the universe, I stepped back and thought, “wow.” And then … “Hey, where are my kids?” Geez. Look away for a minute and my three sons have wandered away. I wouldn’t have been surprised to find them in the “Being Human” area, gawking at anatomical statues and preparing to pepper me with questions. Loudly, of course, because that’s how they operate. That, to me, is parenthood. Or at least part of it.   * * * A