Founder: Fathering Together Agents of Positive Change | Brian Anderson | Feel Good Fatherhood EP 26
Channel: Feel Good Fatherhood
Date: 2023-05-16

How are you fathering? Are you doing it all by yourself, or do you have a community that supports you? Fatherhood can be a challenging job to take on all by yourself; having a community of fathers and friends with similar experiences as you can be liberating.

In this episode of Feel Good Fatherhood, Brian Anderson of Fathering Together discusses how his experience as a dad led him to build a community for dads. Brian is a husband, father, gender equity advocate, author, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Fathering Together.

Listen in to learn the importance of supporting and emotionally connecting with your kids rather than wanting to be their hero. You will also learn how to become a change agent by directing efforts toward issues affecting your community.

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Key Takeaways:
- How to support and emotionally connect with your kids rather than try to rescue them.
- How to identify the best fatherhood books to help you create a manual to connect with your kids.
- The importance of demonstrating emotional courage and maturity with others as a father.
- How to break the chains of emotional disconnection and allow your kids to be emotionally expressive.

What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [00:16] Brian describes the quote that inspires his life to celebrate new adventures.
- [02:17] How he built a community of dads that became more than a Facebook group that empowers fathers.
- [07:25] He explains how to raise your kids into functional adults by trying not to be the hero in their story.
- [16:00] How Brian and his wife shifted their mindsets and established their roles as parents and partners.
- [19:44] Things parents need to take care of their mental health and remain balanced in their individuality.
- [25:01] The importance of allowing kids to express themselves emotionally without judgment.
- [34:47] How to have social justice conversations with your kids to help them navigate them.
- [37:50] Brian on how Father’s Friday was born and how it empowers dads to become change agents.

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