You Have Everything You Need to Be a Great Dad with Dr. Meg Meeker
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Meg Meeker is a renowned pediatrician, speaker, and author, best known for her best-selling book "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters". Today, Dr. Meg Meeker joins Larry to explore the crucial role fathers play in their daughters' lives and discuss practical strategies for fostering strong, healthy relationships. Dr. Meeker also shared her wisdom on fatherhood and how dads can tap into their potential to positively impact their children's lives.
One way for dads to connect with their kids is through affection. Affection is a powerful way of communicating to a child that they are seen, heard, and understood. It can be as simple as a pat on the back, a hug, or a high five. It doesn't have to take a lot of time, but it can make all the difference.
When it comes to expressing your feelings, dads should not be afraid to open up to their kids. Kids need to learn how to express love, be affectionate, and be attentive and listen. Kids don't need to know all the mistakes you made when you were 17, but they do need to know that you have bad days and that it's okay to express your feelings.
Overall, dads should recognize the important role they play in their children's lives and strive to connect with them through affection. A little bit of affection can go a long way and can help create a strong bond between a dad and his kids.
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Dr. Meg Meeker
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| 0:00.0 | If you put a dad underneath the roof of every home in the world, the world would change overnight. |
| 0:07.3 | That's a quote from bestselling author and my guest today, Dr. Meg Meeker. And today she shares why she |
| 0:14.3 | has a soft spot for not only dads, but dads with daughters, why resources are scarce for the modern |
| 0:19.9 | man but abundant for moms, and how a |
| 0:22.4 | child's identity is actually shaped by one-on-one time with their parents. That is today's show. |
| 0:30.6 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, |
| 0:39.3 | and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. |
| 0:44.3 | The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example that their fathers emulated for them. |
| 0:52.3 | We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:56.4 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their |
| 1:02.4 | grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention, |
| 1:09.1 | passion, purpose, and direction. We are the Dad |
| 1:13.8 | Edge, and we're here to change the game. Gentlemen, what's going on? |
| 1:32.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. |
| 1:33.5 | I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this podcast, this show, and movement. |
| 1:37.7 | And I stress movement. |
| 1:40.0 | Make no mistake, gentlemen. |
| 1:41.3 | If you're listening to this podcast, you are a part of this movement and an integral part. |
| 1:45.9 | You may not think so, or you might not think, hey, my role to play in all this is not that big. |
| 1:51.4 | I would argue with that, like my guest shares today, put a dad underneath the roof of every home, and the world would change overnight. |
| 1:57.2 | That is her quote. |
| 1:58.3 | She's been saying that for years. |
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