This is a safe space to build upon and reinforce the values of fatherhood. We'll explore the gaps between the current generation of fathers and fathers of generations past, and mature the dialogue that will close those gaps for the generations to come. Whether your passion is to be a great father or peel back the layers of why your father wasn't present in your life (physically and/or emotionally), this is for you. Let's grow through it.
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Just Because You Could Doesn't Mean You Should (AI and Fatherhood) | Ep 217 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 217
vendredi 2 octobre 2026 • Durée 40:02
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Dear Son: Just Because You Could Doesn’t Mean You Should (AI, Discipline, and Fatherhood Lessons)
Jey Blac and D Johns open The Dear Son, Show by introducing the theme “just because you could doesn’t mean you should,” reflecting on how freedom can lead to poor choices and how fathers decide when to intervene with kids versus letting consequences teach. They discuss students relying on AI to transcribe lectures and complete work, warning that it can reinforce laziness and produce graduates who can pass exams but can’t perform in real jobs, drawing on hiring-manager experience and entitlement seen in interviews. They also connect the idea to professionalism in business, where owners may abuse flexibility at the cost of customers’ trust. The hosts share parenting stories about checking on a college son’s grades and avoiding assumptions after misreading a situation at home. They promote the merch store, tease upcoming lives and a docuseries update, and encourage audience support via likes, subscriptions, memberships, and sponsorships.
What I Found While Looking for Love | w/ Beleaf in Fatherhood | Ep 216 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 216
lundi 28 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:34:42
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Beleaf on Fatherhood, Identity, and Healing: From Baltimore Trauma to Building a Family Legacy
In this episode of The Dear Son Show, the host talks with Glen “Beleaf” Henry, creator of Beleaf in Fatherhood, about growing up in Baltimore with a single mother, a distant but present father, and how trauma shaped his views on love, Black identity, sex, and family. Glen shares suicidal thoughts from childhood, the pivotal call to his father that led him to move to California, and how exposure to other families, mentors, hip-hop, Upward Bound, and an HBCU helped restore pride in Blackness and expand his vision of manhood. They discuss marriage, serving a spouse, pressures of leadership and entrepreneurship, boundaries around family and public life, and how Glen’s book "Father Yourself First" pushed him toward therapy conversations with his mother. Subscribe for more meaningful fatherhood conversations, and comment with the moment that hit you the hardest.
00:00 Searching For Love
01:55 Dear Son Show Intro
03:41 Roots And Home Base
04:55 Baltimore Survival Lessons
05:57 Learning Black Is Beautiful
08:40 Complicated Father Bond
12:18 Suicidal Crisis And Reset
16:39 Moms Trauma And Abuse
20:16 Sex And Seeking Validation
28:04 Mentors And Better Models
33:00 Reclaiming Black Identity
35:48 Upward Bound Awakening
39:17 College Culture And Hotep Era
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I've Had Enough | Dads Are Tired | Ep 215 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 215
vendredi 25 septembre 2026 • Durée 47:02
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Stop Being Everyone’s Fixer: Protect Your Health, Family & Purpose | Dear Son Show
In this episode of The Dear Son Show, hosts D Johns and Jey Blac open up about feeling spread too thin, frustration from a lack of reciprocity, and how being dependable can lead others to exploit your time and energy. They discuss setting firm boundaries, prioritizing health, family, and the platform, and learning to be “selfish” for self-preservation without becoming a selfish person. D. Johns shares lessons from his corporate past about overextending, how unaddressed stress can spill into other relationships, and why communicating needs matters before resentment builds. The conversation also touches on letting people fall off if they don’t fit your priorities, and the value of trusted friends who genuinely ask how you’re doing.
00:00 Setting New Priorities
00:58 Show Intro and Catch Up
01:53 Feeling Spread Too Thin
05:52 Consideration and Reciprocity
12:17 Breaking Point and Cutting Ties
14:42 Health First and Letting People Fall Off
16:34 Hard Lessons Build Grit
19:05 Red Flags and Emotional Suppression
22:38 Frustration Spilling Over
24:23 Selfishness For Survival
25:40 Speak Up Before You Snap
27:10 Career Goals And Boundaries
28:00 Marriage Needs Clarity
29:12 Corporate Burnout Story
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Father Wounds | Forgiving My Dad Just In Time | Ep 214 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 214
lundi 21 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:02:52
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Billy Grubbs on Healing Father Wounds, Trust, and Becoming the Father He Needed | Dear Son Show
On the Dear Son Show, host D Johns talks with Billy Grubbs about how maturity changes a man’s readiness for fatherhood, reflecting on how a younger, cockier version of himself lacked accountability compared to who he is now. Billy shares growing up as an Army brat across the U.S. and abroad, the instability of a broken home, attachment and trust issues, and how those patterns fueled relationship struggles, including infidelity and fear of being alone. He describes reconciling long-held animosity toward his late father after a personal development training led to a powerful phone call where his father admitted he didn’t always know what he was doing but called Billy and his brother his greatest accomplishment. They discuss vulnerability, friendship accountability, fatherhood standards, and Billy’s desire to build a healthy, authentic family legacy.
00:00 Maturity Before Fatherhood
01:18 Welcome to Dear Son
01:51 Timing and Loss
03:10 Where Billy Is From
04:12 Life as a Military Brat
08:39 Searching for Stability
10:36 Parents Divorce and Secrets
14:20 Loner Years and Gangs
18:04 Identity and Trophy Kids
19:17 Healing Talk With Dad
23:14 Vulnerability and Fatherhood
29:42 Generational Standards
30:59 Granddad Standards
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I Waited For My Dad to Die | A Father's Fight with Diabetes | Ep 213 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 213
lundi 14 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:00:58
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Rob Weaver on Caretaking, Co-Parenting, and the Words Our Sons Need to Hear | Dear Son Show
On the Dear Son Show, host D Johns talks with Rob Weaver (known in Dallas as “Chi-Town Rob”) about how his upbringing shaped his identity and fatherhood. Rob shares being born in St. Louis, becoming a man in Chicago, and becoming a dad in Dallas, emphasizing the importance of village and family support. He describes his mother’s resilience—working multiple jobs and becoming a dialysis technician without a diploma—and his father Big Bill’s decline from diabetes, including Rob caring for him as a child while living with long-term anxiety about losing him. Rob reflects on missing levity in youth, learning that “real men change,” and how he now balances high expectations with letting his children be kids. He discusses co-parenting since 2018, communicating decisions to his son, teaching perseverance through basketball, and ensuring his son never has to interpret love—he says “I love you” directly.
00:00 Waiting For Dad To Die
01:33 Dear Son Show Intro
03:16 Rob Weaver Origins
04:09 Confidence And Identity
06:51 Faking It Social Capital
10:47 Parents And Upbringing
12:43 Mom Resilience And Work
15:39 Big Bill And Decline
16:45 Child Caregiver Anxiety
20:34 Late Night Porch Talks
23:18 Generational Fatherhood Lens
26:06 Fatherhood Under Pressure
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That's Not Really You | Adjusting for Acceptance | Ep 212 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 212
vendredi 11 septembre 2026 • Durée 53:19
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Dear Son: Why Can’t People Safely Dislike Anymore? | Boundaries, Groupthink & Raising Kids to Think
Hosts Jey Blac and D Johns open with D’s birthday and a recap of Eden’s first night cheering at a football doubleheader, then shift into a discussion sparked by social media about why disagreeing or disliking something is increasingly labeled as “hate.” They explore how public platforms amplify conflict, how kids absorb “if you’re not with me you’re against me,” and why parents must teach independent thinking, respectful disagreement, and boundaries. They debate whether you must “defend” a dislike, emphasizing that “no” is a complete sentence while acknowledging times when explaining helps collaboration. They connect this to trends, relationships, modeling healthy communication, avoiding stagnation disguised as preference, and distinguishing dislike from disrespect, support from respect, and personal preference from groupthink.
00:00 Sports Fans and Hate
01:21 Welcome and Birthday Talk
02:04 Cheer Game Schedule Chaos
04:05 Celebrate Life and Loss
04:50 Why Dislike Feels Unsafe
08:00 Teaching Independent Thinking
11:37 Do You Need to Explain
15:12 Boundaries and Relationship Safety
21:24 Parenting Guardrails and Timelines
25:36 Personal Preference in Public
28:16 Trend Parenting Reflection
29:00 Guacamole Bias Check
30:39 False Ceilings and Avoidance
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My Son Chose Money Over the NFL | Fatherhood and Finances | Ep 211 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 211
vendredi 4 septembre 2026 • Durée 58:08
From Jordans to $580K: Teaching Kids Ownership with Wall Street With Wallace
On the Dear Son Show, host Jey Blac welcomes financial analyst and chief market strategist Wallace Fisher (“Wall Street With Wallace”), a husband, father in a blended family of seven, and Christ follower, to discuss fatherhood through financial literacy. Fisher shares how his investing journey began with Home Depot’s employee stock plan and 401(k), how a spiritual advisor inspired him to give assets instead of big Christmas gifts, and how consistently buying his son stocks in companies he used helped build a portfolio that reached $580,000—leading the son to quit football due to CTE concerns and pursue portfolio management. They discuss starting early with kids, routines for learning the market, the dangers of internet “tips,” the value of mentorship and accountability, and beginner approaches like disciplined saving, ETFs, and researching fundamentals. Follow the channel, subscribe, and leave a review.
00:00 Gifts Into Stocks
01:29 Show Intro And Guest
03:03 Meet Wallace Fisher
05:20 Family And Athletes
07:50 Finance Origin Story
10:00 Home Depot To 200K
12:35 Christmas As Assets
16:00 Quitting Football Shock
19:48 Parenting Evolves Over Time
24:21 Kids Learn By Watching
26:32 Internet Investing Warnings
29:17 Routine First Steps
31:30 Daily Reading Habit
33:59 Mentorship Over Ego
39:07 Class Structure Accountability
43:27 Starting With Small Money
48:50 Portfolio Basics ETFs
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TELL HIM NOW | Tomorrow Isn't Promised | Ep 210 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 210
lundi 31 août 2026 • Durée 46:03
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Dear Son: Tomorrow Isn’t Promised — Condensing the Lessons, Health Wake-Ups & Dating vs. Marriage Energy
Hosts D Johns and Jey Blac open the Dear Son Show by reflecting on health wake-up calls, accountability, and support Jey has received while chronicling his fitness and recovery journey. They emphasize that tomorrow isn’t promised and urge parents to “condense” key conversations with their kids rather than delaying important lessons. They discuss how children can misread a parent’s communication, reinforce that love and frustration can coexist, and argue that correction shows belief in a child. The conversation shifts to relationships: distinguishing lust, love, sex, and long-term consequences, warning against applying “marriage energy” in dating, and advising sons to understand value, phases, and self-awareness. They also defend having practical talks about protection without “letting the streets” educate kids, encouraging listeners to stop leaving critical conversations to chance.
00:00 Cold Open Banter
00:51 Welcome to Dear Son
01:31 Health Scare Update
02:58 Fitness Accountability Plan
04:37 Tomorrow Isn’t Promised
07:43 Condense the Lessons
10:58 Love Not Performance
15:54 Correction Means Belief
19:25 Dating vs Marriage Energy
24:19 Commitment Clocks
26:20 Environment Shapes Love
27:38 Fixer Fantasy Trap
29:26 Value Over Hope
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From Juvenile Delinquent to Juvenile Justice Leader | Ep 209 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 209
vendredi 28 août 2026 • Durée 57:15
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
From Gangs to Purpose: Louie McClain II on Fatherhood, Identity, and Building Pathways
On The Dear Son Show, host (D Johns) converses with Louie McClain II from Arlington, Texas, who recounts getting involved in gangs, hiding violence and drug activity from his Liberian immigrant mother, and a pivotal school incident caught on camera that devastated her. Louie explains how seeking protection, acceptance, clout, and a father figure drew him deeper into that life amid a diverse, volatile environment, while his biological father was largely absent after moving to Delaware and later kicked him out. After college in Pensacola studying criminal justice, he found purpose helping at-risk young men and worked in juvenile justice for seven years. Now a father of two, he discusses being unprepared for parenting, challenges of having hard conversations with kids, and building a clear vision through entrepreneurship, including Melanin Origins, The Meditative Coach, and leading the nonprofit Building Pathways to connect disadvantaged people to high-paying construction careers.
00:00 Caught on Camera
00:22 Purpose From Pain
00:57 Welcome to Dear Son
01:53 Optimism and Enthusiasm
02:48 Leaving Home and College
03:48 Arlington and Gang Life
04:47 Why Criminal Justice
06:35 Drawn to the Streets
08:55 Home Life and Hiding It
11:32 School Fight Intervention
13:25 Acceptance and Father Figures
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Young Man: You Must Train People How to Treat You | Setting Boundaries | Ep 208 | The Dear Son, Show
Épisode 208
lundi 24 août 2026 • Durée 37:35
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Dear Son: Which Side of the Process Are You On? Boundaries, Criticism & Real Growth
On The Dear Son Show, hosts Jey Blac and D Johns discuss how society treats disagreement and criticism, arguing that always “taking the high road” can enable disrespect if boundaries aren’t set and enforced. They explore “which side of the process” you’re on—waiting for outcomes versus doing the work—using an orange vs. fresh-squeezed juice analogy, and connect it to parenting, public perception, and social media clips shaping opinions. They emphasize training people how to treat you, defending your name when boundaries are breached, and teaching children awareness, environment-reading, and how behavior communicates value—especially in risky social settings. The episode closes with announcements of a docuseries and live event, and a personal doc-style segment beginning August 15, 2026, following a 90-day health journey after a dangerous blood-pressure reading and a commitment to lifestyle and nutrition changes.
