Becoming A Great Dad – Details, episodes & analysis

After a very long hiatus, we welcome Chris back to Season 2, Episode 1 as he dusts off the mic and talks about how to empower your kids through hard times in their lives at all different ages. 

In episode 9, we talk about how to establish rich family traditions. The podcast is actually recorded on one of our annual family traditions: The Boudy Boys Camping Trip.  Every year I take my sons camping to connect, bond, and treat them life skills.  In this podcast, we break down what a tradition is, talking about why they are so important to families, and also how to create your own.  I will also let you know 3 types of traditions that every family should have.  And has a bonus, we'll travel back in time to Halloween 1992 so you can experience one of my families traditions.

In this episode, we'll talk about one of my favorite topics: family meetings.  We'll cover why have family meetings in the first place, along with how to structure a family meetings, with some Do's and Dont's.  Then I'll bring you into our family meeting so you can hear what is sounds like for us.

In this episode, we'll talk about understanding the 5 love languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Physical Touch, Gifts, and Quality Time and how it relates to your kids.  If you have multiple kids, we'll talk about some tips so that each one has their special "dad time" and you can also take the 5 love language quiz at https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/

 In episode 6, we talk about how to protect our kids against racial injustice.  We'll talk about two big elements: (1) how we can prepare them to fight injustice and (2) talk about how to help your kids manage their emotions.

Episode 5 is a bonus show for parents who want to know the ins and outs of potty training.  We recently potty trained our 2 year old daughter and got a lot of questions on how we did it. In this episode, we'll cover how to know if your child is ready to be potty trained, ways you can prep them and what kind of learner they might be.  We'll give you insights to the gauntlet that we like to call "Potty Week" with nine great pieces of advice on how to be successful and end with some bonus material on becoming a potty guru.  Get ready to take a ride on the potty train!

The trailer for the podcast: Becoming A Great Dad

With kids going back to school around they country, I thought it would be a good idea to pivot from our normal conversation and talking about things surrounding COVID, working from home, and virtual learning.  In episode 4, we'll give you 7 tips on how to setup your kids for success with virtual learning. 

In episode 3, we'll talk about family culture.  Specifically, how you as a dad can be intentional about creating a positive family environment for your kids to flourish in.  We'll define what "family culture" really is, talk about how it can be created by design (or by default), and then work our way to the 3 pillars that you need for a strong culture.