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Advice From a Dad with College Age Children: Lessons Looking Back and Forward

A father shared hard-won lessons: a family mission statement, daily blessings over children, deep accountability with other men, and leaning on God's grace when fatherhood feels overwhelming.

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Anger and Fatherhood: A Christian Dad’s Guide to Managing Emotions

Would you take a pill to never feel angry again? The group unpacked the roots of fatherly anger, what Scripture says about it, and practical ways to respond without sinning when emotions run high.

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How to Not Let Stress Leak Out On Your Kids

Fathers share honest strategies for keeping work stress from spilling onto their kids — from transition routines and mindful pauses to sincere apologies, bedtime affirmations, and self-care rooted in Colossians 3:21.

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Recognizing & Regulating Emotions -> Then Acting

Fathers revisited helping kids name, regulate, and act from their emotions — using feelings wheels and Inside Out — and how recognizing shame and what we control leads toward real emotional maturity.

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Fathers Keeping God Present – Practices to Help

Rooted in Deuteronomy 6, fathers share practical habits — morning prayer, bedtime Scripture, car-ride conversations, micro-prayers — for keeping God woven into daily family life, not just Sundays.

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Antifragile Children in Discover Mode vs. Defend Mode

Drawing on the Biosphere tree experiment and Jonathan Haidt's research, fathers discuss how children grow stronger through struggle — and share practical ways to let kids face frustration and failure.

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The Great Rewiring – And How to Not Let it Happen To Our Kids

Screens are reshaping childhood in four harmful ways — social deprivation, sleep loss, attention fragmentation, and addiction. Fathers explore how to reclaim play-based childhood and protect kids.

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Reviewing David Thomas’ Presentation on Raising Emotionally Strong Kids and Teens (Part 1)

A review of the three R's — recognize, regulate, repair — and how fathers can name their feelings, model emotional honesty, and point kids to God's faithfulness the way David did in the Psalms.

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Intentional Habits – 3 Practices To Try In The Morning

Drawn from "Habits of the Household," three morning practices — kneeling in prayer, reading scripture before screens, and gathering the family before sending them out — to orient each day toward God.

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Emotions: Naming/Breathing/Coping (Trinity Dads Coffee – 031524)

A father shares his journey through grief and anger after a devastating loss, opening a conversation on naming emotions precisely — and why helping children find words for what they feel is formative.

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