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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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Trinity Dads 030124 – Impulse Control

Fathers share how their upbringing shaped their responses to frustration, and why modeling emotional regulation matters as much as demanding it — with steps for catching over-reactions early.

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Servanthood and Rest

The group wrestled with why sacrifice feels so hard when we're depleted, and landed on the spiritual disciplines of solitude, silence, and Sabbath as the path to the soul-rest that makes sacrificial love possible.

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Trinity Dads – Valentines Day Recap

A look at Brad Wilcox's research challenging the soulmate model of marriage, paired with a group conversation on the paradox that happiness in family life flows from faithful obligation rather than self-pursuit.

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Trinity Dads – Valentines Day (Loving Our Wives Well) Edition

Fathers share practical ideas for loving their wives well on Valentine's Day — from homemade gifts and acts of service to the simple habit of being fully present when you walk through the door.

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Trinity Dads – Emotional Scaling and Bracketing

Fathers explore helping kids match their emotional response to the actual size of a situation, the dangers of emotional suppression, and a practical bracketing tool for putting worries in perspective.

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Trinity Dads – Raising Emotionally Strong Children – Week 1

Emotionally strong kids need a vocabulary for feelings, a sense of proportion, and a dad who can co-regulate instead of matching their intensity — with tools like the emotion wheel and feelings scale.

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