If someone says they have no regrets about the way they’ve parented, that person’s pants are, indeed, on fire. Regrets dot the road of parenthood like billboards, displaying in big bold letters the things you should’ve done but didn’t. Raising decent human beings is hard work. Mistakes and regrets come with the territory. And while dwelling on regrets is not a healthy way to go about life, it is helpful to interrogate them and extract lessons where we can. That’s why we spoke to a variety of dads about their parenting regrets and what, if they got a do-over, they would’ve done differently. One wished he would’ve yelled less; another, that he’d cut himself a bit more slack. All offered up their advice to help new parents gain new perspectives. We hope it helps.