Menfolk Journeys
This podcast explores how different men from all walks of life wear the beautiful and confusing mantle of manhood.
Men can be knuckleheads in public life. But in private, if given the right questions and if they feel comfortable, men can also be thoughtful, reflective, and have deep conversations about their lives, big questions, and meaningful ideas.
We have great conversations with men just like us and from all walks of life, so we can learn from their personal stories and all get better together.
Menfolk Journeys
12. Transitions of a Father and Son
Is pride and love for our children unconditional?
Do we - at our core, as parents - want our children to be happy and proud of their most authentic selves?
We know that over the entire history of human culture, from Gallelio to the Suffragettes to Martin Luther King, Jr., people have changed social norms.
So why wouldn't social norms about gender, roles, expectations, and how some people see themselves change, too? And it is people, folks who have family, who change these norms.
This is an amazing conversation with both a father and his young adult child, and the family transition of when a dad's daughter becomes a son.
I hope you listen to this conversation with an open heart and a wide mind.
This is not a political or social conversation.
This is a conversation about how the transition illustrated the joy and deep love that has been in their relationship all along.
This is a brave, bold, beautiful conversation about the relationship between a father and his child.
