Hi, welcome to the Personality Hacker Podcast. My name is Joel Mark Witt.

And I'm Antonia Dodge. And this week we want to talk about the importance of

fathers in the family. I think the reason why this dialogue

is sometimes uncomfortable or awkward for some people is there's a lot of charge around the role of the father of whether or not there

is a father needed in the family, exactly what that looks like and how fathers are now seen in culture and society.

There's been a huge sort of pendulum swing from one direction to the other where in say court cases

it's not uncommon for fathers to get you know pretty shafted in family court and there's a feeling that that's deserved.

So we just kind of wanted to not in a super preachy way but just sort of in more of a

explore the topic. Yeah. More look at why you know what is the role of the father imperative is it super important why why would it be

important if it is and maybe some arguments you know going both directions and I also see this kind of

There's like a there's almost like a reclamation of of young fathers right now. They're like, oh, hey, I'm a dad and like, this is interesting and I've got some things I feel about this. Like this is a, this is cool. I like being a dad. I have an identity around this now. And it's like our generation maybe some people a little younger than us

weren't handed this mantle of fatherhood necessarily but then they had a kid and all of a sudden like oh I'm a dad and I got to do something about this and like where does that fit in how do I fit in this because I don't really necessarily have a clear

A clear example of how the modern world has room for a father like myself. Does that make sense?

Like, it's kind of this weird, like,

I don't have a script for this,

but yet I'm a dad and I've got to somehow make my way in the world.

Yeah, well, and I think one of the reasons why there's not as strong a script is, there's a lot of people who grew up without a dad.

So that's number one.

And number two, I think the way fatherhood looks now is different than in the previous generations.

I think fathers take on a very different role than they used to because of how culture has changed.

You know, in a family where both parents are working, that's going to change the dynamic of

the family.

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