The Silent Struggle of Fatherhood: Jerrad Lopes

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Fatherhood is often a silent struggle marked by feelings of inadequacy and loneliness. Jared Lopes shares how change can have a lasting impact.

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0:00.0	it seems like lonely has become like a feminine word.
0:04.4	Like only women get to use that word.
0:06.1	I'm lonely.
0:07.3	And I think that's why most guys don't have that as part of the vocabulary.
0:10.6	But if you dig a little deeper underneath all the kind of symptoms of what guys are feeling,
0:14.6	I'm like, dude, you're lonely.
0:26.9	Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.
0:28.0	I'm Ann Wilson.
0:32.3	And I'm Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLife Today.com.
0:34.2	This is Family Life Today. Today.
0:41.3	Okay. family life today. All right, you know, I'm excited.
0:43.1	Because we have a superhero in the room.
0:44.8	We have a superhero.
0:46.0	His name is Jared Lopes.
0:47.6	He's laughing because he's like,
0:48.9	I'm not a superhero.
0:50.4	But he kind of is.
0:53.0	You're just a tired dad, right?
0:55.0	And I feel like I'm especially tired today.
0:58.0	Yeah, you misread the title because I'm not the hero.
1:03.0	Are you clearly haven't read the book or else you would have known that I'm not there?
1:06.0	Oh, no, it says, did you know my daddy is a superhero?
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