001: Welcome to The Nurturing Father's Podcast

In this debut episode of The Nurturing Father's Podcast, hosts Mark and Corey Perlman introduce themselves and The Nurturing Father's Program. As well as what topics they plan to cover throughout the podcast and discuss what it means to be a nurturing father.

Highlights

• Introduction to podcast and the hosts
• Creating the Nurturing Father's Program
• What made Mark re-evaluate himself as a father
• Differences of parenting culture between the 1970's and now
• What to expect from this podcast

Resources

• Nurturing Father's Program Website
• Mark Perlman Bio
• Corey Perlman Bio

Nurturing Father's Program on Facebook

002: Fathering History and Breaking the Cycle

Mark and Corey discuss the impact of how your father can influence the way you are as a father and how you should break the cycle of bad parenting. Corey also shares his own reflection of Mark as his father.

Episode Highlights

• We tend to parent how we were raised
• Reflecting on your father
• When in doubt, play
• The simple things tend to stick the most with your kids
• Breaking the cycle of bad parenting

003: Men and Feelings

Mark and Corey talk about expressing feelings and the roadblocks of culture and stereotypes of men expressing their feelings. They share some examples of when they were challenged with having to confront certain feelings and the effects of how you confront those feelings can have on your children.

Episode Highlights

• The issue around men and feelings
• Negative effects of removing yourself from natural emotions
• Practicing emotions
• Handling emotions with your children
• Feelings don't need to be fixed
• Benefits of showing emotions

004: Men and Power

Mark and Corey talk about the effects of how you enforce your power as a parent and a spouse. They state the differences between a power over and power to approach toward discipline enforcement and setting an example for your children

Episode Highlights

• Bringing home the military authority approach
• Who's the loser in the situation?
• Power over… vs. Power to…
• Leaving the choice of consequence to your child
• Setting the roots to your child's 'decision-making tree'
• Ways to make a power to… approach easier

005: Discipline and Team Sports

In this episode, Mark and Corey talk about what many aspects of The Nurturing Father's Program revolve around, and that is discipline. They share with you some of the best practices of effective and positive discipline and break it down to what it discipline really means.

Episode Highlights

• Origins of the word 'discipline'
• Sports, coaches, and discipline
• Rules
• The importance of consistency
• Encouraging what you want to see
• How quality connection is key
• When to provide grace

006: Intentional Attention

In this episode, Mark and Corey ask us a very important question: how much energy are you putting towards positive reinforcement? When your child does something right, are you giving them as much of your attention as you would if they did something wrong? Mark and Corey go through some of the best practices of intentionally giving your child one-on-one attention and the many positive effects it could have on your child.

Episode Highlights

• We're more likely to see what we pay more attention to
• Acting up to get your attention
• Best practices to providing intentional attention

007 Part One: Deconstructing Discipline

In this episode, Mark and Corey break down the concept of discipline in detail. They also discuss the best ways to provide the most positive and impactful influence through discipline.

Episode Highlights

• Origin of the word discipline
• What empowers a child
• Handling your emotions when enforcing discipline
• Placing the responsibility on your children and their actions
• When it is best to enforce discipline

007 Part Two: Case Study: No Pow Pows w/ Special Guest: Reginald Dixon

Mark and Corey bring on their first guest on The Nurturing Father's Podcast to discuss his experience with The Nurturing Father's Program and how it has affected him both as a father and husband.

Episode Highlights

• Reggie's upbringing and how it affected his view of his parents
• How The Nurturing Father's Program affected him as a father and husband.