Welcome to Purposeful Parenting Period! Podcast! In this opening episode, I introduce myself and discuss the purpose and format of the podcast going forward. This will be the only episode where it is just me talking! Every episode to follow will include a powerful parent who will share his/her perspectives on deep parenting topics, and the guest will do the majority of the talking going forward also. For this episode, I discuss potential questions I may ask guests and answer them myself for my son Ace, who was born June 2019. The topic I focus on is self-love specifically, and how fostering self-love in a child is the root for a lot of successes and greatness in a person's life. Check it out for more insights!

I go deeper in the episode but a quick word on the name choice for the podcast - I believe that every parent has a duty to have purpose in every action and decision they make with a child. I firmly believe that raising a child blind and saying things like "I'll just learn as I go" is precisely letting yourself off the hook and being lazy. Of course there are some things you have to learn as you go, but being proactive with parenting is one of the many things in my opinion that separate the great parents from the mediocre parents. And I hope the insights shared on this podcast inspire listeners to challenge themselves to be the best parent they can possibly be. The bar needs to be raised in parenting I believe, and I hope this podcast contributes to making that happen!

The final question on every one of my episodes will be, "What is your mission statement as a parent?". For myself I would answer that: To empower my child to dominate and control the controllable aspects of his life - his mindset, his words, and his actions - and provide him the necessary tools internally as intentionally as I possibly can, to help him achieve his greatness.