Your Kid's Screwed (Unless You Break This Cycle) ft. Kevin Riley
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Riley went from fatherless at age 7 to NYC Council Member, author, and founder of the Dad Gang movement. Kevin faced a tough life in the Bronx. His father was incarcerated and deported when he was just seven years old. He is also the founder of The Dad Gang—a movement dedicated to breaking stereotypes and creating supportive communities for fathers.
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One of the greatest challenges children growing up in fatherless homes are:
- 47.6% more likely to grow up in poverty
- Twice as likely to commit suicide
- Comprise 71% of high school dropouts
The stats are shocking, and it's clear. KIDS NEED DADS.
This conversation explores Kevin's story of resilience—how he transformed childhood trauma into a mission to support other fathers, what fatherhood means to him today, and his work ensuring dads never face their parenting journey alone.
Through personal experience and dedicated advocacy, Kevin offers insights on breaking negative cycles, building meaningful family legacies, and showing up authentically for our children.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:07.7 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of |
| 0:12.9 | fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and |
| 0:18.4 | odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example |
| 0:21.2 | that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:27.5 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their |
| 0:33.5 | grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused |
| 0:39.1 | intention, passion, |
| 0:41.4 | purpose, and direction. |
| 0:43.7 | We are the Dad Edge |
| 0:45.4 | and we're here to change |
| 0:47.3 | the game. |
| 0:47.8 | We're here to change the game. Hey, gentlemen, welcome back to the Dad Edge podcast. Today, we have a guest who embodies resilience. He definitely embodies resilience for sure. What do you hear this guy's story? |
| 1:13.0 | He also embodies fatherhood and leadership in a way that is nothing short of inspiring. |
| 1:18.0 | And today I've got Kevin Riley. He is a devoted husband, father of three, and a man who has turned |
| 1:25.8 | his own childhood struggles into a mission to empower fathers everywhere. |
| 1:29.7 | He grew up in the Bronx and he faced hardships of living after his father was incarcerated |
| 1:35.5 | and then deported when he was just seven years old. |
| 1:39.1 | This event has shaped his journey into the man and the father he is today. |
| 1:43.4 | But despite this man's challenges |
| 1:45.5 | of growing up without a strong father figure, he has definitely built a life of impact. He's an |
| 1:51.6 | elected official. He's a professor. He's an author. He's an advocate for fatherhood through his |
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