Ep. 240: Supporting Divorced Dads’ Mental Health with Dr. Eran Magen
Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker
Dr. Meg Meeker
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Parenting Great Kids, Dr. Meg Meeker is joined by Dr. Eran Magen, an expert in education and psychology from Stanford University and founder of Parenting for Humans and DivorcingDads.org. They discuss the increased risk of suicide among divorced fathers and the unique challenges these men face. Dr. Magen emphasizes how critical it is to maintain strong relationships with their children, despite the emotional and financial pressures of divorce. The episode concludes with advice on how friends and family can intervene and support at-risk fathers and be proactive about their mental health.
Themes we will explore:
00:07 Understanding the Crisis: Divorced Dads and Suicide Risk
01:23 Expert Insights: Dr. Eran Magen on Divorced Dads
02:30 The Emotional Struggles of Divorced Dads
06:18 Building Strong Relationships with Kids
13:08 Navigating Post-Divorce Challenges
25:43 Supporting Divorced Dads: Suicide Prevention
31:02 Early Alert: Proactive Suicide Prevention
38:31 Final Thoughts and Resources
About our guest:
Dr. Magen earned his MA in education and PhD in psychology at Stanford University, and then served as the research director for the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Counseling and Psychological Services. He is the founder of Parenting For Humans, a relationship-first, trauma-informed system for parenting, and the founder of DivorcingDads.org, a nonprofit dedicated to helping fathers stay healthy and connected to their children during and after a divorce.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Parenting Great Kids. |
| 0:01.8 | Today, we're going to tackle a really hard topic, |
| 0:05.8 | but it's crucial. |
| 0:07.4 | We're going to be talking about divorced dads |
| 0:10.6 | who are at a very high risk for suicide. |
| 0:14.0 | Joining me today is a distinguished guest, Dr. |
| 0:17.0 | Eran McGin. |
| 0:18.0 | Dr. Eran is an expert in education in psychology |
| 0:22.0 | with an MA and a PhD from Stanford University is a visionary |
| 0:27.1 | founder of parenting for humans, a relationship first trauma- system for parenting and its nonprofit |
| 0:36.4 | divorcing dads.org plays a crucial role in addressing the pressing issue of divorced dads who are at high risk for suicide. |
| 0:47.6 | A lot of the times what I'm seeing is that as fathers access to their kids becomes more and more restricted they want to spend more and more time with their kids sometimes even more than before and there's a silver lining there right they really become very |
| 1:04.3 | often, |
| 1:05.3 | often the relationship in the father's eyes becomes weaker and that's one of the |
| 1:10.2 | really sad things that you see the fathers feel like I'm spending less time with |
| 1:13.2 | my kids I have less access to them I don't talk to them as often we must be |
| 1:16.9 | drawing apart. Welcome to parenting great kids here's your host, Dr. Meg Meeker. |
| 1:23.4 | Dr. Aerran, before we dive into the challenges that divorce dads' faith, |
| 1:28.8 | I would like to commend you for the impactful work that you're doing. a space it really doesn't get much attention. |
| 1:36.0 | Can you share insights into the unique challenges that divorce dads confront first into the relationships with their kids and |
| 1:47.8 | then second as they contribute to a heightened risk of suicide. |
| 1:54.0 | Yes, and hello, and thanks for having me here. |
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