My dad taught me (and my sister) how to stay in a car for hours on end while he was at the pub. Lots of dad's taught their kids that lesson back in the 1950s - that was how they did their babysitting :(

On the plus side he taught me that it was ok to be me because he never imposed his own views of how I should be. He had a strong sense of social justice which I absorbed while growing up and that was the most invaluable lesson he could give me.

My father always told me many, many times: "Always respect your elders".

I remember dad saying that you had to learn to be content with your own company, in other words, not needing other people around to make you happy.   It’s a tough one.

My dad( a good bloke) said always be honest & treat women with respect.

All the above can be difficult at times.

My dad taught me that if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well! A great piece of advice.

My dad (who was an accountant) taught me to "look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves". Ive never forgotten it!

My father taught me to love whatever I choose to do and do to the best of my ability. He taught me never to lose sight of the real purpose of life...be happy, do good for others.

He taught me to love nature, protect our planet and he taught me that there is so much more to learn and to never give up. I adore him.

My dad's advice on sport "Play hard, play fair, and if you can't win, be difficult!"

Hi Leon.

Your Father seems to have the same values as mine with regards driving.

He used to teach in the army in the UK during WWII and told me many hairy stories of his experiences with recruits.

It has stood with me for all these years, today having had a stroke eight weeks ago I am now unable to use my car.

My experience when I came out of having my driving test was a 2 year old ran in front of the car, I manage to stop in time, but my late father was so angry with the couple that was not caring for their child he told them off!  Explaining that I had only just got my driving license.

I had a great dad, he taught me everything I know, nothing was off limits. Dad said cussing and swearing was good for the soul, so I learnt early how to be resilient, he taught me to appreciate knockout women and how to ignore the ugly ones, funny that, he was not a handsome man himself. Anyway, he also taught me the value of money, how to build my finance, pick a pocket or two he said, so I became brilliant at it and ended up in a correction place for teens, thanks dad! He taught me how to hold my drink, passing me bottles through the back window of the local pub really improved my wrist strength  until we got caught, thanks dad! Hope dad is looking down on me now and thinking he could’ve done a lot worse. I’ll be out of the clinker in a couple of months, thanks dad!

Most valuable lesson... how to read.

Also... how to swim.

If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well

How to appreciate nature

Patience

Respect

Love of animals

Grow organic veggies, compost, and don't eat packaged food. And how to steer a tractor, I was only very young and was only allowed to steer while he put the hay out. We later moved to town and I missed those quality times.

I am surprised this Thread has not done better than this!  Surely people have dads?