European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pete Bacote and his three from Marc and i try to teach them to be open and he the kind of Guy that fathers Day is All about Story and photo by Dave Diehl Bureau Pete Bacote is the kind of Guy that fathers Day is All and maybe Hes got All that stuff that Good dads ought to and when he talks about his three boys and Marc you can see in his eyes the love that might go unnoticed because of his huge Frame and the sound of his Raspy stationed at Raf is a Tough looking the chief master sergeant stripes on his shoulder look like they belong if it we rent for the eve present smile on his hed look like the kind of Guy that spends his time making life miserable for but it just aint kids adore especially his at his youngest son Marc says he likes his dad because he buys him but Ever since the first grader saw a horror film about mandating he says dad is important because he lets him sleep with him when Hes As a that the kind of thing that important to he worries a lot about his he says Hes awed by the Phenomena of having it All started when he saw his first now take his first breath at the army Hospital at fort its an awesome thought that you have total responsibility for them children until there and spiritually self the 45year old Bacote his kids worry about his three boys Are concerned about his Peter says he knows his dad has been smoking since he was a boy of 10 in Peter and his Brothers sometimes hide their dads but the reason is no game to were worried about him dying too Peter Bacote and his wife a sociology teacher with the University of Maryland at talk a lot about their jobs As As the chief of social actions at the Bacote says that he feels talking to and understanding his children is the most important ingredient to i do a lot of the 26year air Force Veteran i try to teach them to be open and Bacote said his Job As the social actions officer requires him to counsel and help airmen who Are sometimes in trouble or have he said he sees that sometimes the problems can be linked to problems they developed As children because of poor Bacote says he Doest want to make the same mistakes with his i see kids who get into trouble and they go to their friends instead of their parents for Bacote he believes that if that happened with his he would feel hed have failed i would like to think that there is nothing they cant talk to me he youve got to get As close to your children As possible to build Bacote said he sometimes worries about the future when the kids Are grown and living on their he knows they wont be around him and even now he admits that its going to be Tough to let them he says he wants to avoid the mistakes he has seen in other parents who seem to have lost touch with their kids in their old i see men get old and reach out for their kids and by that time its too he Bacote said he always keeps in mind a saying he once read about the relationship Between a Parent and a child were the bows and they Are the once we draw that Arrow Back and let it we can Only Hope that its path will be june 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13