Fatherhood Has Changed in a Big, Beautiful Way

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer who was on the staff of The Times for more than 25 years.

I’ve never shared this with my brothers, but I’m often riveted by their conversations with their children: the range of topics, the time lavished on each, the intimacy of the details, the ease of it all.

My older brother, Mark, has two sons and a daughter, ages 26 to 29, and he knows them in a way that our father never knew us during that (or any) chapter of our lives. He’s fluent in why they’ve chosen their jobs, their mates, their........

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