For Father's Day! Craig Melvin, I'M PROUD OF YOU

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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NBC Today show co-anchor Craig Melvin joins Zibby to discuss I’M PROUD OF YOU, a heartfelt and lively picture book for fathers, sons, and the childhood milestones that inspire pride in every parent. Craig reflects on the moments of pride he has experienced as a parent, highlighting the importance of cherishing the small milestones—like when his son conquered his fear of jumping off a diving board. Then, he opens up about his difficult relationship with his own father, who struggled with addiction. He explains how writing his first book, POPS, was a therapeutic journey toward understanding and forgiveness. The episode concludes with the hopeful note that Craig might collaborate with his wife, an artist, on future projects!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at Zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers.
0:31.2	Craig Melvin is the author of I'm Proud of You.
0:34.1	Craig Melvin is an award-winning news anchor on NBC News Today, co-host of the
0:38.7	third hour of today, and a host of syndicated Dateline NBC broadcasts. Melvin has covered a wide
0:44.2	range of news events, including three presidential inaugurations, four Olympic games, and six
0:49.1	Super Bowls. He is a graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he serves on the board of trustees. Melvin lives in Connecticut with his wife, son, and daughter. And a big thank you to Chloe Melas, who introduced me to Craig. Welcome, Craig. Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss your beautiful children's book. I'm proud of you, which I can't believe that there was no other
1:12.3	book called I'm Proud of You. It's such a like perfect title, right? I could give it to so many people.
1:17.5	You're very kind. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the lawyers as well. Right?
1:22.4	Yeah. No, no. There it is. Oh, it's great. It looks so good. I read it online, obviously. Tell listeners, what inspired
1:32.2	you to write a children's book? I know you said you didn't want to be an author originally
1:35.3	or you hadn't thought you would write a book. Tell me about it. Well, you know, I mean,
1:39.6	listen, you've got four children. You've been to the rodeo a few times when it comes to
1:46.3	child rearing and i think sometimes it's easy to let the little things fall by the wayside
1:54.3	in terms of those those little moments where your child does something and you're like wait a minute
1:59.7	huh three weeks ago you couldn't even reach that or you're like, wait a minute, huh, three weeks ago, you couldn't
2:02.0	even reach that or, you know, a couple months ago, you couldn't even string words together.
2:08.3	Now you're sharing complete thoughts and feelings. So I wanted to, I mean, perhaps the book is a feeble
2:15.5	attempt to try and do what so many of us parents do,
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