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The Fatherhood Challenge Podcast & Radio Program

By: Jonathan Guerrero
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  • The Fatherhood Challenge is a movement dedicated to encouraging fathers to engage with their children and educate society on the positive impact involved fathers have on their communities and society from generation to generation.
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  • Dads of Differently-Abled Kids

    Dads of Differently-Abled Kids
    Apr 16 2024
    Are you a dad of a child with a disability and you are hurting for a sense of community with other dads like you who understand your daily life experience? Are you looking for help such as resources or just someone to talk with or ask questions? My guest is here to help.David Hirsch is a podcast host, dad of 5 and the creator of a network for fathers raising kids with special needs called Special Fathers Network.To take the assessment mentioned in this episode or to learn more about Special Fathers Network visit:https://21stcenturydads.org/Email David Hirsch at: david@21stcenturydads.orgPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-to-dad-podcast/id1373738974Special thanks to Zencastr for sponsoring The Fatherhood Challenge. Use my special link https://zen.ai/CWHIjopqUnnp9xKhbWqscGp-61ATMClwZ1R8J5rm824WHQIJesasjKDm-vGxYtYJ to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Transcription - Dads of Differently-Abled Kids---Are you a dad of a child with a disability and you are hurting for a sense of communitywith each other with other dads like you who understand your daily life experience?Are you looking for help such as resources or just someone to talk to or ask questions?My guest is here to help in just a moment so don't go anywhere.Welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge, a movement to awaken and inspire fathers everywhereto take great pride in their role and a challenge society to understand how important fathersare to the stability and culture of their families environment.Now here's your host, Jonathan Guerrero.Greetings everyone.Thank you so much for joining me.My guest is David Hirsch, a podcast host, a data five and a creator of a network forfathers raising kids with special needs called Special Fathers Network.David, thank you so much for being on the Fatherhood Challenge.Jonathan, thanks so much for the opportunity.I really, really enjoy the work that you do.One of my favorite questions is what is your favorite dad joke?I don't know if it's my favorite one, but here's one.Where do you learn to make banana splits?Where do you learn Sunday school?They're not see that one coming.Well David, there has to be a story behind why you got involved with helping dads with specialneeds children and why you started Special Fathers Network.What is your story?So I want to become a father for the first time at age 27 years ago.I was looking for fatherhood resources and couldn't find what I was looking for, but stumbledacross some statistics.24 million kids growing up in father apps and homes, four out of every 10 in America.The perception that it's those poor inner city black kids and it's really bad in the blackcommunity.Maybe seven or eight out of 10 are growing up in father apps and homes, but in absolutenumbers, there are two times number of white versus black children in America growingup without their dads.So it's not somebody else's problem.Not led to helping start the Illinois fatherhood initiative.One of the countries first statewide, not for profit, fatherhood organizations, the signatureprogram of which is the annual father of the year essay program, which is attracted, noexaggeration, more than 425,000 Illinois youth K through 12 who write essays to the theme,what my father means to me, fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, father figures for that matter.And that organization still exists in the mission of that Illinois fathered an initiative asto actively engage fathers in the education of children about seven years ago when mybaby went off to college.I felt like I was talking to me and he said, what I thought I heard was you should do across country bicycle ride and I said, well, you obviously have the wrong person.I don't own a bike you could ride across the country and I'm not an endurance bike rider,but I couldn't shake the idea, talk to some friends who were known endurance bike riders,bought a bike, started training, put a crew together, put a plan together, flew out toLA, peddled back from Santa Monica to Chicago, 21 days, 2,325 miles.And I lived to tell the story.I was then 54 years old, didn't know that I had something like that in me and it wasa transformative experience on a lot of different levels.And I felt like I found my voice.I had been talking about the importance of father involvement, but with all the media printradio TV media that we were doing across the country, that led to giving a TEDx talk inOctober of 2015, entitled Why We Need to Break the Cyclothother Absence, beginning of 2016,I ended up writing a book, my first book entitled A Father's Journey to Break the CyclothotherAbsence, which is a little bit about the bicycle ride, more about the advocacy, and a littlebit, I started talking then about the relationship or a lack of a relationship that I have withmy dad.So that was the beginning of the 21st Century Dads Foundation and a couple of three yearsinto it, it wasn't meeting one of our objectives.What I mean by that is that we anticipated that we would be able ...
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    30 mins
  • Dads Competitive Sports and God

    Dads Competitive Sports and God
    Apr 9 2024
    Competitive sports, extracurricular activities and programs for kids are popular in schools and homes. Parents invest a lot of time and money in getting their kids to practice and games or performance events. But is there a danger to all of this that can damage or destroy family relationships?My guest is National Chess Master and owner of Premier Chess who manages programs for students of all ages and levels, Evan Rabin.If you would like to connect with Evan Rabin or learn more about the educational programs at Premier Chess, visit: https://premierchess.com/Email: evan@premierchess.comSpecial thanks to Zencastr for sponsoring The Fatherhood Challenge. Use my special link https://zen.ai/CWHIjopqUnnp9xKhbWqscGp-61ATMClwZ1R8J5rm824WHQIJesasjKDm-vGxYtYJ to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Transcription - Dads Competitive Sports and God---Competitive sports and extracurricular activities and programs for kids are popular in schools and homes.Parents invest a lot of time and money in getting their kids to practice in games or performance events.But is there a danger to all of this that can damage or destroy family relationships?Find out in just a moment.Welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge, a movement to awaken and inspire fathers everywhere,to take great pride in their role and a challenge society to understand how important fathers are to the stability and culture of their family's environment.Now here's your host, Jonathan Guerrero.Greetings everyone, thank you so much for joining me.My guest is National Chess Master and owner of Premier Chess, who manages programs for students of all ages and levels.Evan Rabin.Evan, thank you so much for being on the Fatherhood Challenge.Yeah, thank you so much for being here. It's my pleasure.Evan, I am curious, what is your favorite dad joke?Why didn't the chicken cross the road?Oh, I know I've never heard this one before.What was the answer?Because he was chicken.I love that one.Yeah, it's a good one.Well, Evan, let's start with your story behind how you became a National Chess Masterand now you're running student programs. How did this happen?It's a good, very good question.So I first started playing chess when I was very young.I was seven years old.My brother and my dad taught me how to move the pieces.And I quickly started playing the program at my school, the Churchill School.And I pretty much started playing very actively since then.I actually played the Nationals two months after I learned how to move the pieces,basically, and just kept going with it when I was 20.I made National Master.And when I was 12, I actually started teaching chess off off and on.And seven years ago now in 2017, I started Premier Chess.And now we have 65 coaches.We run programs in 80 schools, a bunch of companies like Google and City Group.And we also do a lot of camps, tournaments, private lessons, etc.All over the country.That's amazing.What was your goal behind starting Premier Chess?Pretty much the biggest thing was to follow my passion.Before that, I did enterprise sales at Oracle and Rapid Seven.It was fun. I enjoyed it.I made pretty good money doing it.But at the end of the day, I didn't really to CIOs that much.And I felt kind of bad in the way, almost, that I would just...Well, they felt bad, but it's just probably like I was, you know, thinking a little bit, almost.Where, you know, I was selling something that I didn't really know about.You know, until this day, I don't really know exactly what an engineered system is.But, you know, that's what I was selling at the time.And basically, I said, you know, why don't I sell my true passion of Chess?So, that's what I'm doing.And, you know, it's just a lot more relatable.And, you know, I'm an expert in the field.So, it's great to do what I love and sell what I love.Is it ever more than just being about Chess?Is there something else besides the game that you are offering?Absolutely.So, when we're teaching Chess, we're also teaching business and life lessons through the game.So, very often, actually, I'll meet people networking and they'll say,"Great to meet you. You know, we'll definitely keep you in mind."You know, here, Chess players looking for, you know, a coach.But, I always say that our target market is actually not Chess players.You know, for the most part, people who are more serious about Chess, you know,they actually have the coaching that they need or want.But, really, we're more interested actually talking to the schools and companies,other organizations that want to learn things likecritical thinking, healthy competition at the law firm.We teach about judgment training, you know, on the one hand, you know.Wow.Law in and out, you know, basically, but when you're on trial or a deadline,you need to take everything you know and put it into basically a few minutes of work sometimes.And it's the same thing in Chess, of course.I tell students all the time, even if it's an opening or a middle game or an end ...
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    30 mins
  • Hacks to Parenting Teens and Tweens

    Hacks to Parenting Teens and Tweens
    Mar 29 2024
    Are you a dad with a teen or tween and you are feeling overwhelmed and out of your league on how to parent and connect with them? Do you feel like you can’t relate to their world but wish you had a relationship where they trusted you with everything? I’ve brought a guest on the program who can help you parent your teen or tween with confidence and build a strong connection with them.My guest is certified professional teen life coach Kevin Baker. Kevin’s specialty is empowering teens and tweens to build self esteem, boost confidence and overcome limiting beliefs to be the best version of themselves.If you would like to connect with Kevin Baker or receive coaching you can find him at: https://lifecoachkevin.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifecoachkevin/Special thanks to Zencastr for sponsoring The Fatherhood Challenge. Use my special link https://zen.ai/CWHIjopqUnnp9xKhbWqscGp-61ATMClwZ1R8J5rm824WHQIJesasjKDm-vGxYtYJ to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Transcription - Hacks to Parenting Teens and Tweens---Are you a dad with a teen or a tween and you're feeling overwhelmed and out of your leagueon how to parent and connect with them?Do you feel like you can't relate to their world but wish you had a relationship wherethey trusted you with everything?I brought a guest on the program who can help you parent your teen or tween with confidenceand build a strong connection with them.He will join us in just a moment so don't go anywhere.Welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge, a movement to awaken and inspire fathers everywhereto take great pride in their role and a challenge society to understand how important fathersare to the stability and culture of their family's environment.Now here's your host, Jonathan Guerrero.Greetings everyone.Thank you so much for joining me.My guest is Certified Professional Teen, Life Coach, Kevin Baker.Kevin's specialty is empowering teens and tweens to build self-esteem, boost confidenceand overcome limiting beliefs to be the best version of themselves.Kevin, thank you so much for being on the Fatherhood Challenge.Oh yeah, thank you.Thank you, Jonathan.Happy to be here.We're going to start out with my favorite question.Kevin, what is your favorite dad joke?Why did the coffee fall a police report?Why did the coffee mug file a police report?Because I don't know.Because he got mugged.I absolutely love that joke.Well, thank you.My kids love to roll their eyes at all of them.As long as the dads are chuckling, then I've done my job.Yeah, it qualifies then.It definitely qualifies.Well, Kevin, let's get into your story.What is the story behind what led you to coach teens and tweens?You know, I guess looking way back on it, you know, it all started when my wife and I decidedto have children.That started my journey on parenthood and being a father and learning all sorts of thingsabout childhood development, medical issues, mental health issues, school issues, social issues,you know, everything that gets thrown at you as a parent.And you know, fast forward about 14 years later, 13 years later, I found myself, I waswith a lot of time on my hands.And I had to do some soul searching and figure out how is I going to have the greatest positiveimpact on as many people as possible with the time that I have here on earth.And through a lot of soul searching and reading and having conversations and being coachedmyself, I came up with life coaching and specifically for teens and tweens because I'm in thethick of it.So you know, it helps my personal growth.It allows me to have meaningful purpose.I develop all sorts of fantastic relationships with all sorts of fantastic people and that'swhat drives me.Making a difference, you know, that moment when you're having a conversation with a kiddoand you know, the light bulb goes off and they get it and you're able to change what wasa roadblock or an invisible barrier when you're able to get rid of that so they can move onto be the best version of themselves.That's really the story of why.That's my why.And I'm here to get the message out that life coaching is not just for adults and kiddosneed positive mentors and role models and positive influence and they need people to ask thosethought provoking questions that help pull the answers out of their subconscious becausethe kiddos they have the answers, they need the guidance and the friendly input in orderto help get those answers out so they can fulfill their life's purpose.And you said on that calling, did it really ever dawn on you that what you are really doingis leaving a legacy behind with many teens?It did.It did and that was part of my checklist.I have a whole career checklist that I used to get here and leaving a legacy was a bigpart of it.I want to have my positive impact that I can make on just one kiddo.Have that reverberate throughout the world long after I'm gone because it's like theold story goes you hold door open for someone going into a building in the ...
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    29 mins

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