#37 "I Regret Having Kids": Anti-Family Messaging, Embracing Fatherhood as Your Identity, Why the Best Things in Life Are Hard Won
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#37 "I Regret Having Kids": Anti-Family Messaging, Embracing Fatherhood as Your Identity, Why the Best Things in Life Are Hard Won
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Cole and Sam get fired up over a wave of mainstream articles — including a recent New York Times piece titled "I Regret Having Children" — and dig into what they see as a long-running cultural current pushing people away from family life. This one's less a how-to and more a rallying cry.
The guys talk about growing up in a culture that quietly told you kids were a burden, careers were the point, and big families were irresponsible — and how that messaging doesn't just stop when you become a parent. It targets your kids too.
But mostly? This episode is about the flip side. What it actually feels like to go all in on family. The Easter Sundays. The baseball games with your boys. The way becoming a dad can strip out the self-centeredness that was holding you back all along.
In this episode:
- The cultural propaganda machine and why it targets young people
- Why embracing "dad" as your identity is harder than it should be
- The creation analogy — why building a family might be the most meaningful thing you ever make
- Protecting your kids from messaging that chips away at their vision of the future
- Why staying home with your kids is not something to apologize for