The Importance of the Father and Son Relationship

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 184 of our show, and it is dedicated to Alvin Fensterheim. Today Stuart is talking about the importance of Father and Son relationships. The relationship between a father and son is one of the most important relationship. This relationship will lead to a good relationship with your spouse.

Stuart’s own Dad passed away almost 1 year ago, and his experience with the loss of that important relationship. Stuart and his wife went to New York city recently where his Father is buried. Stuart’s family spent time reflecting on his Father, Alvin’s life, and the ending of a year of Shiva.

What you’ll learn from today’s podcast:

Love is the absolute most important thing you can share with your family [spp-timestamp time=”7:25″]
Teach your son about being a man, in the truest sense [spp-timestamp time=”9:45″]
Demonstrate every single day that love is pathways to having a good life [spp-timestamp time=”13:55″]
Having shared interests [spp-timestamp time=”16:20″]
You should never do anything in your life that you don’t enjoy [spp-timestamp time=”17:38″]
Dedication to your family [spp-timestamp time=”23:13″]
Negativity about Grandparents needs to be off-limits [spp-timestamp time=”23:40″]
Building projects together [spp-timestamp time=”25:00″]
Demonstrate to your son, that you care about what they think and feel [spp-timestamp time=”26:32″]
As Fathers we need to focus on the positives with our sons [spp-timestamp time=”28:00″]
God picked us to be together [spp-timestamp time=”30:55″]
We are one family [spp-timestamp time=”32:50″]
Spirituality [spp-timestamp time=”34:12″]

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The father and son relationship will establish that both of you feel loved and important. You are lucky to have one another. Those messages echoing back for years and years, makes your relationship really important.

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for spending part of your day with The Couples Experts. We hope you enjoyed the show and take away something meaningful to your relationship. Until next time stay connected!

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LOVE, LOSS AND CHANGE: ALVIN FENSTERHEIM (11/28/26 – 10/27/17)

I lost my Dad on 10/27/17. He passed away suddenly; while not completely unexpectedly, as he was well advanced in years and had been a cardiac patient with a history of quadruple bypass surgery which gave him ten more years of life. Still, I wasn’t ready to have him gone. I wasn’t ready to let go of him. I wasn’t ready for what the world would feel without him in it.

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