What advice do new dads and dads-to-be need? The Good Men Project video series “Let’s Ask Dad” gets all the time-tested answers just in time.
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Here he asks “What advice would you give new dads?” and we hear from dads and writers Will Klein, Admond Fong, Asif Ahmed, Jared Mercier, and Thomas Olona. From the timeless advice of “just show up” to the encouraging “you cannot do it alone,” these dads give their best advice to new dads, dads-to-be, and dads who are always looking for that crucial piece to the puzzle that makes us better parents.
What these dads have in common is a profound love for their children, deep reflection on the impact of their own fathers on their lives, humble concern about wanting to make consistently good choices for their children, and hope that their children will grow up resilient and caring in a world with unnerving obstacles at every stage of life.
“Let’s Ask Dad” is the conversation about fatherhood in the 21st century on The Good Men Project.
Ken Goldstein, The Good Men Project Board Member speaks to the experience:
“I sat in the studio and got to know each of these fine men through their detailed answers to our deceptively simple questions, I was struck by the commonality in their integrity, candor, introspection, and keen insights into the forever moments of parenting. Any single moment of a child’s development might or might not become a memory, but the memories each of these individuals recalled with resonance were as different as they were as human beings.”
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Describe Your Dad in a Sentence or Two.
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What’s the Best Advice Your Father Ever Gave You?
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I wanted my kids to be like me and NO, I am not full of shit. Obviously “just like me” is unattainable in that we are all different individuals. Just like me has everything to do with morals, honesty, integrity etc. Yes, I have all those and want my kids to have them as well. And as adults, THEY DO! Advise? Follow you instincts and don’t let people tell you that your kids will rebel if you do it a certain way, a way that YOU feel is right. Instinctively YOU know what’s right and wrong, it’s IN you and… Read more »