Marcos Mion in Father’s Day: “Being father is the branch in which I consolidated more”

The presenter Marcos Mion talks to Caras Brasil on paternity, on children and on the values he wants to leave as inheritance

In this Father’s Day (10), Marcos Mion (46) celebrates the date with a overflowing heart of gratitude. Father of Romeo (20), Donatella (16) and Stefan (15), fruits of marriage with Suzana Gullo (47), the Globo presenter reveals that being a father is his greatest priority and the function he performs most.

“Being a father is the branch in which I consolidate more. I think I understand more paternity of my profession!”declares.

A transformation for life

Mion recalls the moment when paternity entered his life and how he changed everything: “Paternity was absolutely revolutionary in my life, although extremely desired and planned. It was the great dream of my life: to form my family. I also have a memory of making this desire when cutting the cake my sixteenth birthday, but I took the size of the impact of this responsibility when I kept the Romeo in my hands” Account.

Even in the face of the difficulties in childbirth, it has been completely transformed: “It was beautiful because, even with all the difficulties of childbirth, I understood everything and I became the happiest man in the world. Happy with the new enchanted world of paternity and the fears and difficulties that accompanied his first months of life. It was the beginning of an understanding that let me go today: to be grateful and happy for the blessing of life, both happy and sad or difficult.

“You cannot choose only a moment or part of life to feel gratitude, to believe in God. The life of Jesus has taught that being among humans is to face injustice, judgment and suffering. That is, disgrace, suffering, they are parts of the package. And if you can put yourself in a channel of gratitude, it is not like this.

The presenter also reflects on the lessons he learned: “And with every birth of a child, with the arrival of Donatella and Stefano, this feeling of gratitude has been renewed. There are points of reference before and after the birth of my children. My vision of the world has expanded, my concerns and my fears and above all my priorities: my world shot them. It was today.”

The secret to being a good father

For Mion, there is no magic formula, but there is an essential pillar: presence: “I can summarize in a single attitude what makes a man a man a man: being present”, He says.

He says he continues to know the paternal role and also cites recent readings to better understand today’s young people: “I recently read, for the indication of the Luciano Huckthe book Anxious generationFrom Jonathan Haidt, to arm my knowledge on the consequences of a childhood based on a child, not playing on the street. “

“A feature of mine is to immerse yourself with my head to be really good in what I propose to do. Being good means dedicating countless hours to understand, study, be ready and master that subject or activity. And with paternity it is a dedication that does not end,” says the presenter.

And complete: “I read a lot on the theory of 10 minutes dedicated, which maintains that, however crazy like your life, you have to deactivate the phones and cellular distractions and dedicate 10 minutes of quality to your child. I claim that 10 minutes are the minimum in a day when your baby is divided, even if you are solving other problems.”

The presence, he explains, goes beyond being physically next to his children: “I am one of those who move the mountains to be with them. Both by connection, returning before an appointment, crossing the ocean to reach the presentation of Easter of the school, whether it turns at night, at dawn, just to sleep with them at home and leave before they wake up. I assure me.

The importance of “no”

The presenter also maintains that love and discipline walk together: “Loving is not being permissive:“Loving is to speak” no “. And over time children feel it and know it. Father is father. He is not a friend. All my children have all their best friends … I am my son’s father and, within this, there is already the biggest connection among humans.”

“But it is necessary to highlight the father who says” no “. This, I confess, is not the most popular at home … but often it is the most necessary! And I’m not afraid or fear of taking this role. They often questioned me about being” best friend “of my children when they take this position”

Continues: “My opinion? Father is a father. He is not a friend. My children have all their best friends and are much more fun and connected in ideas and language

For him, the “no” creates trust: “In a risk situation, the best friend will encourage and do together; the father will save his son. The best friend is taken from the same feeling; the father uses his experience to guide and recommend forever.”

“Knowing how” no “and explain why it is essential to build a healthy relationship with children. I claim that they know what is best for their children and they are not afraid to impose rules. I realize a generation that avoids” no “to look cool, to please children’s children, to be friends. But if your goal is to be elected the coolest father in the world, you could leave education aside.

Balarying career and family

Even with the complete program, Mion guarantees that paternity will come first: “I am not a father for a while, I am a complete parent. It means putting aside some free time or a few hours of sleep, making an effort to try to go home soon, restore the commitments, take the flight of dawn, make as much as possible to be present.”

“When a child was born to live his life, a father was born that no longer, in his existence, leaves this profession. So it is important to know how to be good in her! I am aware that time is not the same for everyone, unfortunately, because the ideal world would be what we would have as much as possible to block the training, in order to do, it is already a little creation of education, in addition to an education, in addition to an education, in addition to an education, in addition. To an education, in order to do, it is already a little creation, in order to do, in order to do in order to do, in order to do, it is a little education.

It also recognizes the fundamental role of his wife Suzana: “It is the basis that allows me to go out to build our career. It is not” my “successful career, it is ours. If it were not for her, I would probably have come out of my family career.”

“He guarantees physical love, 100% physical presence and crucial activities, takes care of everything and everyone, including the four hairy daughters, so that I can, for example, live half of the week in Rio and half in San Paolo. In reality, if it were not for her, we would not even have this conversation because probably, in the last 20 years, I would have come out of my family career.

The legacy you want to leave

When he thinks about the future, Mion wants children to follow a path of solid values: “First of all, let them put their family in the first place. They can be even better parents to their children. Who understand, through my example, that Jesus Christ, that our Lady is there for them, the time they need. That, for everything they cannot resolve, rely on faith in God.”

He summarizes his greatest desire: “They can be good people in the world and do good, always. When they enter an environment, everyone smiles. They can never forget to serve the neighbor”.

And complete: “But this is already rooted, they are the result of an atypical house. It is proud to look at them that start appropriateing one’s destinations and seeing them bloom on this path of good. It gives me the certainty that we are going in the right way.”

The largest lesson

To close, Mion reflects on the meaning of the life of paternity: “If there is one thing that paternity has taught me, it is that life is no longer on you. Complete comes from serving, taking care, from Amare with total delivery, without waiting for me anything in return. When I looked at everyone, I heard:” It’s what I am here “.

“When I got married, my will and my importance have already moved to the background. Each child, their place of importance – in the sense of being the priority and concentration of attention – only fall! Life becomes the good you can do for others … and above all for those who matter most: your children, your family. Total, without expecting anything in exchange.”

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