Dr. Meg Meeker

And if dads could see themselves the way their kids see them, they'd realize that kids look at their dads and see pure gold in there.

And they want it.

And dads have no idea.

Exactly.

Everyone's telling them they're not doing a good job.

Well, I work with a lot of intense men, high power, driven.

And what I tell them about is there are basically three things your kids need, affection, attention, and affirmation, and acceptance as well.

But they need touchdown moments.

They don't need to spend long chunks of time with their kids, but focusing on their kids and giving them attention here and there.

Bedtime, you walk in a room, put your phone down.

You know how much more attention you could give your kids if you just put your phone down?

Yes, yes.

Spend a lot of time on emails.

And when you see your kids, touch them, hug them, look at them in the face.

And when you see them do something, great character, when you see good character, affirm that.

And so you can fit all of these things in and around a very busy schedule and get your kids to where you want them to be.

Yeah.

Well, first of all, it depends on the age of a child.

An eight-year-old can't look at you and tell you how they feel.

They just, they can't articulate.