INTERVIEW | Addressing Fears of Fatherhood with Daniel Huerta

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Daniel Huerta says it's not uncommon for fathers to tell him they're worried that they're “messing up” their kids. Huerta, vice president of Parenting and Youth at Focus on the Family, says may of the fathers he works with have “fears around the gender issues [and] sexuality issues” in today's culture, and says dads “don't know where to start and how to counter the messages that are out there." Fathers today are also having to navigate heightened levels of anxiety among kids and teens, says Huerta, a licensed clinical social worker. “And then there are dads that have [a] tremendous amount of ... demands on their life, from work and from the home, with multiple kids and just a variety of things that are surrounding them, and they just find themselves tired, worn out, and distracted,” he says. Fortunately, there are practical tools, such as asking simple questions, that Huerta says can help fathers connect with their children in a significant way. With Father’s Day around the corner, Huerta joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to offer dads a practical road map for how they can move toward having stronger relationships with their children and navigate the parental challenges of the current culture. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being a dad is not about being a perfect person or that you're performing at a
0:04.9	certain level. It's about being relational. All dads have listening skills, some
0:09.8	better than others, but it just takes practice since you begin with that.
0:18.4	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday June 16th. I'm Virginia Allen and
0:24.3	and that was Dr. Daniel Huerta of Focus on the Family. Sunday is Father's Day so we're celebrating
0:32.2	our dads today with a conversation with Dr. Huerta talking about some of the challenges of
0:38.8	fatherhood and how to navigate those. Dr. Huerta says it's pretty common for him to hear
0:44.6	fathers say that they're worried that they're messing up their kids and especially in our culture
0:50.3	today with dads having to navigate a lot of new challenges like increased anxiety or gender
0:55.9	ideology being taught in schools. Dr. Huerta says dads just need some practical tips and a roadmap
1:03.5	to move forward as they build stronger relationships with their children. So today Dr. Huerta is joining us
1:10.5	to offer some of those practical words of wisdom for our fathers and for all parents. Stay tuned for
1:16.8	my conversation with Dr. Huerta of Focus on the Family after this.
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2:17.8	Family's Dr. Daniel Huerta. Daniel is Vice President of Parenting and Youth for Focus on the Family.
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