Be the First Man Your Kids Call When All Hell Breaks Loose
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Today, in this week's Friday Fatherly Fumbles, First Downs, and Field Goals, Larry Hagner tackles the crucial question every father faces: how to be the person your children turn to first with bad news. Through his unique two-part approach of "marathon and sprint," he explains how our reactions to our children's vulnerable moments become the deciding factor in whether they'll trust us with future challenges.
The discussion focuses on transforming those critical moments when children share mistakes or difficulties, demonstrating how to shift from being a punitive figure to a trusted confidant. Larry shares practical strategies for responding to everything from poor grades to serious mistakes, emphasizing that our children's willingness to be open with us in the future is shaped by how we handle their vulnerability today. Through personal stories and actionable advice, he shows how fathers can create an environment where children feel safe sharing anything, ultimately building stronger, more trusting parent-child relationships.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example |
| 0:21.2 | that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:27.5 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their |
| 0:33.5 | grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention, |
| 0:40.3 | passion, purpose, and direction. |
| 0:43.7 | We are the Dad Edge, |
| 0:45.4 | and we're here to change the game. What's going on, gentlemen, welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. |
| 1:04.5 | I'm Larry Hagner. |
| 1:05.3 | And today we are diving into one of the most important roles that we play as parents. |
| 1:10.4 | And that is becoming the safe place for our kids when they need to share challenges, |
| 1:16.0 | failures. |
| 1:16.9 | Well, I mean, even triumphs for that matter. |
| 1:19.3 | I don't know about you guys, but perhaps you were raised in a very similar situation that I was. |
| 1:23.8 | And I think a lot of us were. |
| 1:25.1 | This is not a pity party or anything. |
| 1:26.4 | It just is what it is. |
| 1:27.2 | And I think our parents did the best job that they possibly could. And I think that they could |
| 1:32.0 | have done better. And I think we can do better. What do I mean by that? I was raised in an environment |
| 1:37.6 | and I think a lot of guys my age where it was the same thing that if you had something that you |
| 1:43.6 | needed to share with your parents and it wasn't good, |
| 1:46.9 | could have been a bad grade. It might have been a mistake that you made. It might have been like |
| 1:51.0 | something you did wrong. But at any rate, you're like, you're a little kid. And sometimes you |
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