The Fatherhood Challenge Podcast & Radio Program Jonathan Guerrero

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.org
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Transcription - Dads of Differently-Abled Kids
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Are you a dad of a child with a disability and you are hurting for a sense of community
with 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 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 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 for
fathers 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 special
needs 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 stumbled
across 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 black
community.
Maybe seven or eight out of 10 are growing up in father apps and homes, but in absolute
numbers, there are two times number of white versus black children in America growing
up 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 signature
program of which is the annual father of the year essay program, which is attracted, no
exaggeration, 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 as
to actively engage fathers in the education of children about seven years ago when my
baby went off to college.
I felt like I was talking to me and he said, what I thought I heard was you should do a
cross 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

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.com
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Transcription - Dads Competitive Sports and God
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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 Master
and 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?
Abs

 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/
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Transcription - Hacks to Parenting Teens and Tweens
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Are you a dad with a teen or a tween and you're 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 brought a guest on the program who can help you parent your teen or tween with confidence
and 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 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 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.
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 decided
to have children.
That started my journey on parenthood and being a father and learning all sorts of things
about 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 was
with 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 positive
impact 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 coached
myself, I came up with life coaching and specifically for teens and tweens because I'm in the
thick 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's
what drives me.
Making a difference, you know, that moment when you're having a conversation with a kiddo
and you know, the light bulb goes off and they get it and you're able to change what was
a roadblock or an invisible barrier when you're able

Were you raised with harsh parenting techniques? Do you still rely on the same harsh parenting style you were raised with when parenting your own kids but find you’re not connecting with your kids or getting the results you want? If you’re ready to try something different, my guest will share some tips you can begin using right away.
Bryan Saint-Louis is a Youth Inspirational Specialist and Speaker with over a decade of experience in driving positive outcomes in education and parenting. And now I’ve brought his expertise to help you dads listening now.
You can connect wit Bryan Saint-Louis or learn more about what he's doing by visiting https://www.bslspeaks.com/
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Email: info@bslspeaks.com
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Transcription - Harsh Parenting Results and Alternatives
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Were you raised with harsh parenting techniques?
Do you still rely on the same harsh parenting style
you were raised with when parenting your own kids?
But find that you're not connecting with your kids
or getting the results you want
if you're ready to try something different.
My guest will share some tips.
You can begin using right away in just a moment,
so don't go anywhere.
- 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 Brian St. Louis,
a youth inspirational specialist and speaker
with over a decade of experience
in driving positive outcomes in education and parenting.
And now I brought of his expertise on the program
to help dads listening now.
Brian, thank you so much for being on the Fatherhood Challenge.
- Jonathan, thank you so much for having me.
I really appreciate it.
And it says an honor.
Thank you so much.
- Brian, what is your favorite dad joke?
- Man.
So I heard this one and I actually like this one a lot.
So someone comes to the dad and says,
"Hey, dad, Sunday was a sad day."
And then he says, "But yesterday was a sadder day."
(laughing)
Okay, all right, good.
We got it.
(laughing)
All right, I love it, we got it left, man.
That's all I need.
(laughing)
It got me.
- All right, but I hope the listener
has got a little left out of that one too, but.
(laughing)
As well.
- I'm sure they did.
That was awesome.
- Oh man.
- Well, Brian, let's start with your story.
How did you get involved with working with youth
and helping parents connect with their kids?
- I was 20 years old.
I used to work in a, as a,
not speaker necessarily at that time, right?
But 20, I was working as a, as a Bible teacher.
And I remembered I was embossed at the time
and there was a group of kids.
I wanna say about 70 kids and it was three of us.
And we were supposed to be basically helping them out
for, for the whole month that this series was happening.
And we were supposed to be teaching in the Bible.
Ultimately, the two other guys kind of stepped off
and found myself being the one having to take care
of a room of 70 kids between the ages of 13, 12, 13 to 17.
- Oh wow.
- Yeah.
And of course, I had some people who would come in
and help out and such, but for the most part,
the brunt of that focus was on me.
But man, when I tell you, I was,
I was so impressed with these kids being able to,
ask answers or certain questions that I had.
But then I also realized that I was very keen on connecting
very well with this age group because, you know,
I wasn't so old, you know, I'm only 20,
even though they said I was old, but I was only 20 at the time
and so I wasn't so far away fro

Do you have a daughter that you are trying hard to bond and connect with but are struggling? Today in this episode you’re going to get inside access into the relationship between a real father and daughter, what makes and keeps them close and how you can have the same relationship with your daughter.
My guests are Reena Friedman Watts with her dad and co-host of the Better Call Daddy podcast and show, Wayne Friedman.
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Transcription - Inside a Real Father Daughter Bond
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Do you have a daughter that you're trying hard to bond or connect with but are struggling?
Today in this episode you're going to get an inside access look into the relationship
between a real father and daughter and what makes and keeps them close and how you can
have the same relationship with your daughter.
If you're ready to be inspired and ready to make some changes, help is on the way in
just a moment so don't go anywhere.
Welcome to the Father the 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 Rina Friedman Watts with her dad and co-host of the Better Call Daddy Podcast
and show Wayne Friedman.
Rina and Wayne, thank you so much for being on the Father her Challenge.
Thank you for having us.
We're excited to be here.
Wow, I love that radio voice.
Let's start out with my favorite question of all.
What is your favorite dad joke and this is to both of you.
When I think of dad joke, I think my dad loves to say, you know what your problem is?
You like me.
Oh, you fall this mustache.
Your father's mustache.
Yeah, at the end of every reaction that we do, my dad continues to surprise me with his
reactions, by the way.
Sometimes I don't know what he's going to think about the guests that I've interviewed.
He's always like, when I have a good reaction to his reaction, he's like, you know what your
problem is?
You like me?
I'm like, yeah, I do.
Then I put that in my intro even because we say it so much to each other.
It is a true story.
I've listened to a few episodes and that's exactly what happens.
He does.
Wayne definitely says that.
Well, Wayne, let's start with you.
It's obvious you and Rina have a bond.
You can't co-host a program or podcast with your daughter without that strong bond.
So where did that begin?
Well, I think I've tried very hard to have a bond with all three of my girls and you know,
you have to find what interests them and you have to be part of their show.
In the beginning, you would think that a father, whether he has sons or daughters, wants
your children to be part of your show or my show, but it turns out that trying to force
or trying to put your values onto theirs, they have to accept it on their own.
It's got to be their choice.
And if it isn't their choice, it's really not going to work because eventually when someone
is telling you what to do or telling you how to feel or instructing you of what you can
do and what you can't do, eventually a person is going to revolt and say, you know, I've
had enough of that spaghetti in meatballs.
I want to try something else.
And I think a parent has to try to set some guidelines, but you have to be able to give
your children an opportunity to stand on their own two feet and be able to blossom and be
their own person.
And the best way to do that is to have communication that's not just one-sided.
It's got to be where it's reciprocal, where they have a voice tha

Has the world fallen under a curse? If so what is it? If you've ever wondered why it seems the world is spinning out of control with things like violence, anger needless suffering and mental health issues, the root cause of most of it is the same and so is the solution.
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Transcription - The Curse From Ignoring Fatherhood
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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 families environment.
Now here's your host, Jonathan Guerrero.
Greetings everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. It's always good to have you with me.
I always appreciate each person that listens. There's many things you could be listening to, many things that you could direct your attention to.
But you have chosen to listen to this program and you've chosen to listen to this episode.
And I just want to tell you right now that I appreciate you. I appreciate each and every one of you.
Thank you so much. This program is going to be a little bit different.
You've probably already noticed a little bit of a change in the format. We have a lot to cover.
And it goes pretty deep, so we're not going to waste any time. We're really just going to dive in.
So I want to talk about the Fatherhood Challenge, what the Fatherhood Challenge is doing, why it exists, and what it has to do with you.
The Fatherhood Challenge was, was a direct call in my life by God.
This wasn't something I had any desire to do, nor did it, did I have any interest in doing something like this.
But it was a calling that I felt. I've talked about this story on other episodes of how the Fatherhood Challenge started.
I made a deal with God. And the deal was that since I didn't want to do this and I didn't know anything about how to do something like this,
the deal was that God would take ownership for the program.
I was willing to be the grunt. I was willing to be the face of the Fatherhood Challenge, the voice of the Fatherhood Challenge.
But this would have to be his program. This would have to be his agenda, and he would have to take charge and run it.
He would be responsible for opening doors and closing doors that I or the program were not meant to go through.
And I can tell you to this day that he has kept that promise.
When I think about why the Fatherhood Challenge exists, it's a very sobering reminder of where God's priorities are, and where our should be.
So we're going to take a look at those priorities. Where exactly are our priorities individually?
Where are our priorities as a culture?
The heart of God is very, very, very close to the Fatherhood topic in the Fatherhood agenda.
And there's a very, very unique reason why, and we're going to explore that in depth.
And why Fatherhood should be close to you?
So if you've paid any attention to the Fatherhood Challenge, if you've looked at the website, if you've looked at the logo, one of the things you're going to see as part of the logo is the mission statement and purpose.
The mission statement and purpose comes from Malachi 4-6. His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.
Otherwise, I will come and strike a land with the curse.
We don't like to talk about the curse part. The first part of that text really makes us feel warm and fuzzy.
But the second part is just