Dad’s World with Jonathan deBurca Butler

I THINK I was more frightened than he was. 

I had been told there would only be girls, that Fionn would be the only boy and even though, on the surface at least, I’m one of these idiots who likes to stick the fingers up at the norms of society, there was a part of me worried that there would be people there looking at me thinking: ‘What the hell is that clown doing bringing his little boy to a ballet class?’.

Of course, I didn’t mention to Fionn he was the lone wolf. I’d let him see that for himself. There was no point making an issue of something before it even became one. Boys, girls, black, white... Fionn, like most kids his age, doesn’t care a hoot. If you can play and have a bit of craic, he’ll be your friend and long may it last.