May 22, 2024
Join us this week in the Good Dads studio as founder and director Dr. Jennifer Baker and J Fotsch talk about the challenges and joys of parenting a 4- and 5-year-old children.
This period of life is marked by inquisitiveness and unfiltered honesty. It's certainly true that they say the darndest things! These youngsters are at their peak of innocence, but they're also very in tune with potential tensions between Mom and Dad.
Your kids are always watching and listening. They're absorbing
what their parents say and do, so we talk about the important ways
that dads can lead by example.
Show Notes
- (1:35) By the time children are 4 and 5 years old, you can
relax a little.
- (8:39) That's when you hear parents talking about, "Oh man,
it's so hard, and I'm so tired, but it's worth it." And you're
like, "Really?" And before, when I didn't have kids, I'm like, "Is
it? It doesn't sound worth it."
- (9:09) Write down what your kids say. Write down those little
moments because later on, you'll want to remember those.
- (11:30) Researchers were so surprised to find was that the
children (starting Kindergarten) were so much more aware of what
was going on in the couple's relationship than the parents
thought.
- (13:35) Your kids' emotional health is very much tied up in how
well you two (the parents) are getting along.
- (15:06) By four or five, your child has been observing you for
four or five years. They are accustomed to the tone of your voice,
the expression on your face. They have a pretty good idea of how
you're going to react to certain things. They know you.
- (15:31) Being a girl dad, (I'm) making sure I give the example of how I treat her mom. That's how I want her to be treated when she's at the dating age ... Like when I kiss my wife in front of her and she goes, "Ew, that's gross."
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