Community, Discipline vs Discipleship, and Healthy Masculinity w/ Olaolu Ogunyemi

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of strong fatherhood and the importance of community and emotional availability in parenting.

Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to be a strong father? In this episode, I sit down with Marine Corps officer, children’s book author, and founder of Parent Child Connect, Olaolu, to talk about raising daughters and sons in today’s culture. We dive into: The power of community (especially in military life)Why perception shapes how kids see “present fathers”The difference between being stoic and being emotionally unavailableRaising boys with strength without shutting down empathyModel...

People in this episode

Host: Oscar Peña

Guest: Olaolu Ogunyemi

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• community
• masculinity
• parenting
• empathy
• discipline

Keywords

• strong father
• raising daughters
• raising sons
• military life
• emotional availability
• healthy masculinity
• discipleship
• community support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Parent Child Connect, Marine Corps

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