The blog about parenting, family and leadership
I think we often underestimate the influence of those in our homes. Every parent is a leader, and all leaders affect the tone and feel and culture of their family. Dads, for better or worse, your style and tone will affect the feel of your home. Your presence can feel heavy like a wet blanket or...
If banning smacking was meant to make our homes look brighter, then why do things feel so dark? Sometimes it feels great for your kids because you're giving them all the freedom, but you're pulling out your hair in despair - a bit like me. But did we stop hitting only to hurt them with our...
Someone once said that we are all affected by Mama, Papa, Drama and Trauma. And it is so true. Often we are parenting out of pain and we don't even stop to understand it. We're just so busy and life is so complicated that we don't stop long enough to understand the pain that's hurting our...
Do you know that the single hardest part of parenting bar nothing is when your kids' ideals start to change from yours, especially when they're in the same home. Why is it the hardest part of parenting? Well, because your ideals are what we hold dearest. Things like our political leaning or...
Hey everyone. Welcome back to the Culture Maker Channel. It's great to have you here, whether it's on YouTube or on a podcast. Today I am interviewing Frank, Richie. Frank is a news Talk ZB radio host on Sundays at six here in New Zealand.
He's a media chaplain. And he runs a church. He's...
Nobody is talking about dads. Everyone in the parenting world and the social services world is focused on mums. And I can say this, I can be a little bit critical, because I started a charity that's all about helping young mums capture a bright vision for their families. And so I get it. I get...
Do you tell yourself you're a culture maker? I do, and it's super weird, but I have this terrible monologue in my mind that tells me that I'm worthless, that nobody cares about whether I turn up or not, and that I don't really matter and that I should go unseen. It's a stupid thing for a...
Did you know that I'm rebranding to culture maker? Up to this point, I've been calling this thing leading where it matters, but as I've deep dived into fatherhood research and leadership principles for dads, it's become clear that the most important thing for us dads to focus on is the culture...
Being a dad is tricky, I know for the ladies listening, being a mum is tricky as well, in-fact, that's an understatement, there is no dad alive that wants your job.
But what does it mean to be a dad and why don't we talk about it more. What is a dads job description?
This stuff is tricky,...
Side-by-side is a dad's superpower — especially when it comes to parenting. There is nothing more powerful than getting side-by-side with your child.
Dad's will do this when they go fishing, golfing or skate-boarding — whatever way the dad finds to connect with his child...
We’ve all either heard, or said these words.
It’s not necessarily that parents dislike their adult kids - it often speaks to how hard parenting can be and the relief that comes when the kids finally leave home.
We know what to expect with parenting — the terrible twos,...
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have the energy to be highly present for long periods of time.
I’m a bit broken like that — being with others burns maximum mental calories.
Knowing this— but wanting to achieve big things — I’ve created routines...
