219: Findings of a Father with Neil - What He's Learned in 10 Years as a Hands-on Dad

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Father's Day is just around the corner and, in honor of that, I decided to interview our favorite dad in this house, Neil! Neil has gone from being "not a kid guy" to a 5-star dad in a world where fatherhood is oftentimes downplayed and demoralized. Today he shares with me some of the greatest lessons he's learned about fatherhood, starting with a few from his own dad and then moving into his evolution as a father, especially what he learned while he solo-parented for 6 months while I was on bed rest, and what his advice is to any dad who's just starting out or wanting to improve as a dad.

Time Stamps:

[00:41] - Neil talks about a piece of fatherhood he learned from his own dad.

[04:22] - Sometimes we don’t fully understand the depth of a parent’s love until we become one.

[09:43] - Neil appreciates that his parents allowed him to fail and learn at his own pace.

[13:46] - Did fatherhood match what Neil thought it’d be like?

[18:18] - What advice would Neil give his past self right before becoming a father?

[24:55] - Neil talks about being the family’s main caretaker for 6 months while Corrine was on bed rest.

[28:56] - Neil shares his experiences to talk about stay-at-home fathers, working from home, and spouse business partnerships.

[33:52] - Neil says he’s thankful to care for his family and be present.

[37:21] - “Being a dad’s awesome.”

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0:00.0	Father's day is just around the corner and in honor of that, I decided to interview our favorite dad in this house, Neil.
0:07.0	Neil has gone from being not a kid guy to a five-star dad in the world where fatherhood is oftentimes downplayed and demoralized.
0:15.8	Today he shares with me some of his greatest lessons he's learned about fatherhood, starting with a few from his own dad and then moving into his evolution as a father, especially what he learned while he solo
0:25.9	parented for six months while I was on bed rest. And what his advice is to any dad who's just
0:31.2	starting out or wanting to improve as a dad? We're going to start off with a funny quotation.
0:44.8	You're ready for this, Neil?
0:46.8	When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
0:52.5	But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
0:59.0	Mark Twain.
1:00.0	Mark Twain knows what's up.
1:02.1	It's kind of funny.
1:03.7	Well, we're going to talk all about fathers.
1:05.6	And I'm really excited to ask you about fatherhood because I feel like you do have a really unique perspective with
1:12.4	being a very hands-on dad in our family and having played the role of basically mom and dad for
1:20.0	eight months in our family, really like a solid six months for sure while I was on bed rest
1:25.7	this past year. But first, with with this quotation
1:29.5	in mind, I wanted to just start off with, is there anything that your dad did that you loved so
1:36.7	much that you really wanted to carry that tradition on or that characteristic or anything like
1:42.3	that into your fatherhood.
1:45.3	Yeah, that's a great question.
1:47.0	I think the thing that I probably admire the most about my dad is that he was always concerned
1:54.0	with and trying to inspire us to be good people to do what's right and to do things that are good.
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