How can we both love our kids fully and fiercely and hold clear authority as their guides and guardians?
So many approaches espouse either being peaceful and non-coercive or being more structured, firm and disciplinarian.
Both camps have a point and also a huge blind spot.
The former can lead to overly permissive parenting that creates anxious kids and the latter to rigid and controlling parenting that leads to power struggles, conflict and inevitable rebellion.
What if the two camps need one another and each of us needs to embody both?
What happens as men when we dare to be the dads who bring both power and love to our parenting?
My friend, David Jurasek, joins me for this conversation.
Guest Bio
David Jurasek was a sensitive and dreamy kid who learned to be a chameleon and high performer, but felt invisible and never good enough. Fortunately, due to the caring and daring support of many mentors, his wife and friends, he has been healing and growing into:
the father he always longed for,
a husband who helps tend the garden of love,
a passionate mentor of men,
and a grateful founder of a community of men learning to become more powerful and loving leaders together.
To get deeper support or continue the conversation, find David and his community of men at: www.powerfulandloving.com
If you're looking for a page turning novel of one man's journey losing his job, and possibly his marriage and life all in one day while discovering that being good is not enough, David’s book "My Heart Is A Muscle" will break your heart open. Read about it here: https://www.powerfulandloving.com/muscle
David’s Substack blog/newsletter is here: https://relationshipdojo.substack.com —he’s another “dojo” guy like myself ️🔥
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