Role of Fathers in Family Health

So it's great.

So, of course.

This is Your Health First, and I always try to weasel the health and wellness angle on any topic that we bring up, including Father's Day.

So I grew up in a family, and I talk about this a lot with both my mom and dad, but my dad was a figure that really made sure, and my mom as well, that we were healthy.

Now, they were both in health care, medical knowledge, and so that seeped into conversation around the table and discussions and myself and my sister went into health care.

But I look back and I say that with the trouble or potential trouble we see with Unhealthy families, unhealthy children or children that are, I don't want to say going astray, that you need that father figure for many reasons.

Good moral compass and faith and following the rules of the road.

But, John, what's your take on the responsibility, you think, for keeping your family healthy and for everybody listening tonight something to think about?

No, it's a great question.

And, too, when we were growing up, it truly was a different world.

We just took the grandkids to see the Michael Jackson story.

Right.

We wanted to warn the grandkids.

In the beginning part, there's a very unsettling scene where Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father— was a bit of a tyrant, you know, he's a bit of an iron fist.

And I think we saw that when we were kids where a lot of the parents were an iron fist, but now we, you know, we're now a comforting hand.

We're, we're, we have to be that when we have to lead by example.

Uh, so if, if the dad and mom aren't eating healthy or, or doing things that are not, you know, not very wise health wise, of course the children are going to see that.

So you have to always lead by example.

Sounds cliche, but But that's exactly where it starts.

Not only mom and dad preparing the food for the children, but actually living by that and eating nutritious food.

And you, hey, you're the best person to talk about that.

You know, I took sodium out of my diet about three months ago because of something that you posted because of hypertension.

So we always have to be on top of it and be on top of it for the children as well.

But it is leading by example.

It is.