1 . For Aaron White, his efforts to build a long-lasting connection with his daughter began well before her birth. At her 13 weeks he would speak to his wife's womb (子宫), and he knew that she could ________ him. Aaron White thought that was where the ________ began.

White himself grew up without a dad, which ________ affected him. But it did not ________ him from dreaming of becoming a ________ one day. His daughter, is now 3 years old.

“I ________ to be present,” he said. “When I'm home, my time belongs to my ________. My daughter very rarely sees me with the TV or a device that would take me away from her. Eye contact (目光接触) is ________.”

White said that he first had to do the hard work of ________ his own father.

“Forgiving my father allowed me not to live with any burdens,” he said. But, it took ________.

“I had to recognize that I was ________,” White said. “From there, I realized: Wait, I get the ________ to change this. I realized I could change the course of where my family goes.”

White believes that his daughter's ________ grows daily as she receives his love and ________.

“It builds self-esteem (自尊) by her knowing that my time and ________ are all hers,” White said. “When she walks into the room and says, ‘Daddy, look what I'm ________!’I can respond with so much ________ like, ‘Wow! You look beautiful! ’” White believes it's the small things that ________.

He also shared a message with all dads out there.

“Fathers, just be_________” White said. “When you're present, you'll get a chance to ________ your child and see what your child needs.”