50 WTF?!
50 WTF?!
Laurence McCahill & Karl Parton
Fatherhood at 50
49 minutes Posted Mar 14, 2025 at 3:13 pm.
Introduction and Snack Review
Emotional Vulnerability and Sharing
Reflecting on Fatherhood
Generational Patterns and Parenting
Personal Stories and Lessons from Fathers
Career Choices and Parental Expectations
Capturing Memories and Generational Differences
Reflecting on Grandparent Relationships
Expressing Vulnerability: Stories of Our Fathers
A Family's Struggle with Alcoholism
The Journey to Parenthood
Lessons and Values from Our Fathers
Looking Ahead: Next Episode Teaser
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In this episode we touch on a topic that affects every man whether you're a parent of not – fatherhood.

Our fathers influence us more than we realise.

We explore how many of our behaviours and values come from our upbringing, and how our own own Dads shaped us in different ways.

We explore our often complicated relationships with them, the generational differences in expressing emotions and what life lessons we have learnt from them – even many years after they have both passed.

We share some personal stories, including when we saw rare moments of vulnerability, and how they showed love in their own ways.

We end on parenthood, with Karl reflecting on his choice not to have children and Laurence sharing his experiences as a Dad.

Links:

- Gruntled Pork Scratchings https://www.getgruntled.co.uk/

- The Walrus, Brighton ⁠www.thewalrusbrighton.com

- Vision 20/20 https://vision.happystartups.co/