Like many of you, I celebrated Father’s Day Sunday. All of my kids passed through the house at one time or another over the weekend and wished me the customary happy Father’s Day. Our son and his family spent Saturday and Sunday with us. Maybe it was because it was Father’s Day, but for the first time I looked at my son in his role as a father more than as my son.I watched as he parented his young son. I suppose some of his parenting skills come from the way he was raised and some may be in spite of the way he was raised.In Sioux Valley’s full-page advertisement in another newspaper for Father’s Day, the headline was "Daddy’s Little Helper." The ad featured a dad and his young son working on the kitchen sink. The young son was playing a version of keep away with the pipe wrench that his dad needed to fix the plumbing. The subhead said, "It may take a little longer this way, but it’s worth it. Happy Father’s Day."In retrospect, I wished I had taken the extra time back when my son was young. Watching my son raise his son, I think he wishes I would have taken the extra time as well, and he isn’t going to make that mistake with his son.Over the years I’ve received all the traditional Father’s Day gifts — ties, golf balls, socks and shirts. I have used or worn them all and really appreciated them, but watching my son being a dad is about as cool a gift as there is.