I really was one of those dads who started to feel like, well, my kids are just going to be

constrained by what I know. And if I don't know it, then maybe it's not that important.

Hey guys, welcome back to Five Minute Fatherhood. So as a young dad, I had just recalled a statement

that this guy in his late 60s, this Uber father from South Africa, I had just recalled a statement that this guy in his late 60s, this Uber father from South Africa,

I don't even remember his name now. It was just like maybe 15 years ago. He said something to me

that really impacted my understanding of fatherhood and I've applied it to 100, literally 100 different

scenarios in my life as a dad.

And so I'm just to bring it up to you guys, get your take on this, Jeff.

But what he said to me is a father doesn't meet every need.

A father sees that every need is met.

And one of the things he was trying to say is that, hey, Jeremy, there's going to be a lot of things that you want your kids to experience or want your kids to have that you're not going to be able to give them. And so there's a couple of different attitudes you can have. You can say, well, no, my kids are constrained by what I can give them. That's all they're going to get, you know? That's one way you can do it. Or you could to throw your hands up and say, I don't know, I don't know that much math, or I don't know that trade or I don't know that thing. I just, I guess they're not going to get that. It'd be passive. But what this quote really helped me to understand is that I want to give my kids what, what they need if I have it, but to never feel like ashamed of the fact

that there's a lot of things that I just can't give my kids, but there's something still I can do,

which is I can make sure that that need is met. In my network, uh, I can find somebody who can

help train them in that area. Um, I just, we just, on a previous podcast, a couple of podcasts ago, I just mentioned that my

buddy Ryan has been mentoring my son Jackson.

You know, Jackson really, he loves construction, he loves to work with his hands.

I am completely terrible at that stuff.

I do not have that ability.

Jackson's way past me already, but I have a lot of friends who are awesome at that stuff. I do not have that ability. Jackson's way past me already. But I have a lot of

friends who are awesome at that. And so I just have asked my friends over time, you know, hey,

would you mind investing in my son or my daughter in this area? And so I want my kids to pass me in

all kinds of areas. But they also have a problem. Their network is really

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