126: Why Your Kids Don't Need a Perfect Dad — They Need a Regulated One

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of emotional regulation in fathers and how it impacts their children.

Dads show up and don't blow up. Your kids are co-regulating with you whether you know it or not. When you walk through the door dysregulated — frustrated, angry, checked out — the whole house feels it and reacts to it. In this episode, you'll learn: Kids co-regulate with their fathersThe most powerful thing a father can model is what it looks like to feel something hard and not blow upYou don't have to be perfect, you have to be present and groundedClick play now if you're ready to beco...

People in this episode

Host: Jason

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• emotional regulation
• co-regulation
• parenting
• mental health

Keywords

• dads
• co-regulating
• emotional health
• presence
• grounded

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