Episode 21: 3 Traits of Exceptional Fathers
SUMMARY
It isn’t a mystery how to fix what is ailing our culture. If you want to change a child’s life, ensure they have access to a father who will engage with them. The health of our communities, our state, even our nation rides on the shoulders of engaged fathers.
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PODCAST NOTES
Title: 3 Traits of Exceptional Fathers
Hosts: Milo Curtis and Olivia Curtis
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INTRODUCTION
It isn’t a mystery how to fix what is ailing our culture. If you want to change a child’s life, ensure they have access to a father who will engage with them. The health of our communities, our state, even our nation rides on the shoulders of engaged fathers.
FATHERLESSNESS: an uninvolved father who does not live with their children.
43% of children, in the United States, live without their father.
FATHERLESS HOMES AND DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (5x the average).
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes (32x the average).
85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes (20x the average).
80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes (14x the average).
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (9x the average).
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average.
FATHERS AND EDUCATION. Children with Fathers who are involved are…
40% less likely to repeat a grade in school.
70% less likely to drop out of school.
More likely to get A’s in school.
More likely to enjoy school and engage in extracurricular activities.
2x more likely to go to college
Source: The Fatherless Generation
ADDRESSING FATHERLESSNESS WILL
Decrease in criminal activity and increase in safe communities
Decrease in abortions and increase children born into stable families
Decrease poor academic outcomes and increase educational outcomes
Decrease mental health crisis and increase mental well being and confidence
Source: American First Policy Research
THREE TRAITS OF EXCEPTIONAL FATHERS
Father’s are at their best when they point and lead their children to Jesus Christ. The aim of every father is to have their children “walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls them into his own kingdom and glory.”
For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. - 1 Thess 2:11-12
TRAIT #1: Exceptional father’s EXHORT their children
Father’s call their children to their side and invite them to a life that is more than what can be imagined. These kind of father’s don’t just point the way, they walk the way with their children showing them how to live in a manner that is pleasing to God.
TRAIT #2: Exceptional father’s ENCOURAGE their children
Father’s call their children to gain the appropriate perspective and emotionally regulate how they are feeling. To be enslaved by your emotions is to be in bondage. Your relational and spiritual maturity will only rise to the level of your emotional maturity.
TRAIT #3: Exceptional father’s CHARGE their children
To “charge” is to “urge towards matters of great importance.” Exceptional father’s help their children set priorities, work towards those priorities, and navigate the obstacles that come in the way of those priorities. The greatest priority being a life in pursuit of God.
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