In this monthly What Men Would Tell You...If They Weren’t Too Busy Watching TV episode, Dan talks with Dr. Allen Berger about Dads--Specifically, the ways in which many men carry hidden grief over their relationships with their fathers.
Men tend to bury and carry a lot of grief about their relationships with their Dads. Whether their Dads died or left the family when they were young, or were just emotionally absent during their upbringing, many men suffered from a deep, underlying sadness about their fathers inability to connect with them. And this sadness, filtered through The Man Rules, often came out as anger, rage, and/or good, old-fashioned “strong and silent type” stoicism. This is the perfect companion episode to Dan’s solocast last week Dear Dad.
There is no question this can be a heavy conversation but Allen and Dan bring their usual goofiness to the conversation. (You can be goofy, and still be alright, after all.) And, they offer some important tips to men who want to parent differently and for women who want to support them in that.
