Are you raising strong kids or anxious overachievers?

Training teaches you pretty quickly that more isn’t always better. More volume. More intensity. More pressure. Apply that shit without understanding the athlete in front of you and eventually something breaks. Turns out, parenting isn’t all that different.

Master Power Athlete Coach, Dr Ben Skutnik, sits down with former CrossFit Games athlete Pat Barber to talk training, fatherhood, youth sports, and what it actually takes to raise capable, resilient humans. Pat breaks down why he stopped viewing fitness as the destination and started using training as a tool for a better life, and why parents need to stop confusing pushing their kids with preparing them.

From the brutal early days of CrossFit to authoritative parenting, accountability, screen time, self-regulation and knowing when to get the hell out of your kid’s way, this episode is about more than raising strong kids. It’s about doing the work required to become the kind of parent, coach and human worth following.

Where to find Pat:

The Father’s Guild – https://www.thefathersguild.com/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/thefathersguild 

The Father’s Guild Skool Community – https://www.skool.com/thefathersguild/about

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