This week's episode is so important as society seems to have lost sight of the importance of our men & their role as fathers. Get to know our guest, Mario Reyes aka Papi Picasso who is known for being a dope poet and an author based out of the ATL (2:09). In our discussion we touched on the following topics:
- Accountability (4:27)
- Minority men vs. "The System" (13:49)
- Male trauma & lack of support agencies (17:34)
- Shift in our culture (20:09)
- When if ever a father should be kept from his child (22:28)
- Coparenting (25:27)
- Lessons a father is better equipped to teach (31:50)
- Advice for single moms with sons (41:03)
- Parent vs friend..over compensating(45:14)
and so much more!!
In this week's Food for Thought, Kay discusses how our broken foster care system fails children and families and may even cause more trauma (1:19:29).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B291mw_hLAJsV1NUVGRVUmdyb28/view
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/us/makhia-bryant-foster-care/index.html
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/updates/show/264-us-foster-care-population-by-race-and-ethnicity
You can find our guest on IG @iampapipicasso. If are interested in purchasing his book, visit https://linktr.ee/papipicasso
