Fathering Our Future

You're an adult. You know all of the good things you want your kids to love, but how do you teach them to love something? Aaron Davis, an avid reader, shares his personal journey, the bond he and his 5 year old son have because of reading, and a few tips on how to teach your kid to love reading.

We all want to better ourselves and a college degree is often the pursuit. However, that sometimes feels unattainable with kids. My friend, Dr. Chad Flowers, completed his doctoral program while pastoring a church, running his private practice as a counselor, and being a dad to three kids. He shares his story and some incredible advice for dads desiring to better themselves through education.

Saying "I'm sorry" isn't always easy for men, especially when the apology is to your child. It almost does not seem right to apologize to your child but you need to do it when its called for. The big questions is, how do you do it? Once you know, healing can begin.

You have kids and there is a really good chance that they will go to college. Regardless if you've thought about it, you know that college is expensive. Most people are not in a position to just pay for it, so you need a plan. Brad Baldridge, a financial advisor and podcast host, shares his wealth of knowledge on the topic. 

I had the opportunity to sit down with one of my best friends, Dwight McGree, and discuss his story of success. He is black, he grew up without a father, and while all statistics would lead one to believe that he is setup for failure, my friend is winning. He is a happily married man, who is working hard for his family, and loving the dad life. His story proves all men are capable of being great f...

It might not be the most commonly asked questions to fathers but it is a question you need to ask yourself. What are you building? Your children are your creation. You influence the type of person they will grow up to be and the character traits that they will possess. Do you know what you're building? It's time to start thinking about it.

Everyone will say that community is a great thing but so many people struggle to be a part of a community. For men and dads, it's really a challenge. I'm going to share three obstacles that make it difficult for dads to be in community with one another and what we can do with those obstacles to make community possible.

Everyone has dreams and ambitions. Unfortunately, so many people believe those are unreachable when they start a family. Ryan O'Neil, founder and CEO of Curate, shares his journey of starting his company and managing his startup while growing his family by plus three. If you're a dad with entrepreneurial goals, this is for you.

Our kids have a bumpy road called life ahead of them. We have a wonderful opportunity to be proactive as dads and greatly benefit them. A proactive dad allows wisdom to guide them in order to make decisions today that will have a significant impact on tomorrow. So be encouraged today to be the proactive dad.

There is a change that begins from the time your child is born but we often fail to recognize it until the child is nearly an adult. We are in a constant state of letting go as we raise children to become autonomous individuals but we can easily grasp for control when we see our children making certain decisions. Pastor D.G. Hargrove joins me to share wisdom and insight on ways dads can let go of...

You are not in this alone! You have a wonderful partner to parent with, that you should be parenting with. I want to help you do a better job parenting with your wife by discussing two main points: it is not a competition and you are not the boss.

We all try to avoid failure but the truth is, it is inevitable. We are all going to fail, multiple times, and that is ok. However, we cannot be ok with failing because our decisions do not just impact us. How we deal with failure will have a huge impact on our kids. So what will you do when you fail?

As dads we can easily demand respect from our kids. Truth be told, we should be respected because we are dads but there is still another side to respect that we often neglect when it comes to our kids. I'll tell you something that you already know but it will make you think about something you've not considered before.

Too often we allow the opinions of others to influence us. Most of the time, those opinions aren't even real. I want to remind you to stop living for everyone else and to start living for the ones who actually care about you.

You know that you love your kids but is it always clear to them? I not only want to remind of you of two obvious things you can do but I also want to challenge you to try something that will make it abundantly clear to your kids that you love them.

Too often we fool ourselves into believing that we can get through it on our own. Today I want to tell you that you cannot. We were designed to be in community. It is in that place of community that we find the comfort, support, and answers we are looking for as dads. So let me tell you how to get there.

We all want time to ourself to do our own thing but that is not what I mean by daddy time. Daddy time is time for you that creates a shift and difference in you for the benefit of your family. I want to chat about laziness, impatience, and aggression, and how some daddy time might be just what you need.

What do you think it means to be a dad? There are a lot of qualities and attributes that are great to have as a dad, but what embodies the identity of a dad? I'll tell you what it is and how it looks.

We all know time keeps moving and often it feels impossible to keep up. Chin up, dad. It doesn't matter what you have done with your time up to this point because while you may have regrets, time is still a gift.

Our kids are going to face so many changes and challenges, but we have a tremendous opportunity to help them navigate it all. We can accomplish this if we will work on preparing them and also by doing some preparation ourselves. I'll discuss some of the things you can implement now to help prepare your kids for the road ahead.

We always have expectations and that holds true with our kids. We think the world of them and want them to be so much more than we ever were. Sometimes we allow those desires to shape our expectations of them and we forget some obvious basics. This is a friendly reminder of those obvious basics so you can keep them in mind when framing expectations of your kids.

It is a popular discussion topic, sometimes the subject for debate, but it is often a question that parents wrestle with in their minds. Should we focus on spending more time with our family or should we focus on spending time trying to make money? You might not be thinking of the question the right way.

Whether you know it now or not, you are an incredibly blessed individual with loads to be thankful for. We will discuss the impacts of being thankful and three things you can do to become a thankful dad.

Derrick is a dad on an amazing journey that has been filled with devastation, miracles, frustration, and peace. You'll hear about he and his wife's struggle to conceive, his miracle, his son's diagnosis of autism, and his hope that brings peace to his whole story. If you have frustrations about your children or questions about why things have happened to your family, this interview will help.

Your kids should never have to try and earn your love. Jesus displays this truth as He tells a story about a father and a son. A son who stained the reputation of his father and made a mockery of his name, and father who responded in a way not even the son was expecting.