But I think that part of what's going on there is we're struggling with how to tap into that fathering part of our heart.

What's it, guys, Jeff and Jeremy here.

Another episode of Five Minute Fatherhood.

Today's a fun little thought we want to throw out.

I'm going to throw it out and see what Jeremy thinks, and we can kind of riff off there.

And so today's tool or tip or thought that we want to

kind of go off of is to father is a verb. So Jeremy, what do you mean by that? It's not a, I mean, it could be a noun, maybe it's not all these things, but you're saying it's a verb also. What do you mean by that? I love that. Yeah, guys. So I think it's important to figure out what's going on in your heart when you are spending time with your children.

And I like the fact that we've made the word father into a verb.

When you're with your kids, you're fathering your kids.

We say that pretty easily in our culture.

But I think this also brings up and can really help us understand that it's possible

something else, other things could be going on in your heart. And this is one of the things that I've

noticed for a lot of dads, especially for new dads, this is something that can be really challenging.

And that is for them to make sure that as they are spending time with their kids, what's

happening is that they are fathering them,

as opposed to brothering them or friending them, right? And so the idea here, you guys,

is that when you're a new father, you are very familiar with other identities. Maybe you've been a

brother. And so you're used to what that's like.

And so you might cross apply that to your kids or you're used to being a friend. And so you're like,

I just want to friend my kids. I don't want to father my kids. And fathering and what I'm describing

in this verb is it really is coming from a particular place in your heart

that is completely unique to the feeling and the experience of being their father.

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