“I don’t know what I’m doing here.” Eddie whispers as his 13-year-old son sits in a police cell accused of murder. It’s a confession every father feels but rarely admits — standing in the chaos, with no way out and no guarantee you won’t make it better.
In this episode of Men at the Movies, Paul McDonald and Simon (host of the Restoring Authentic Men podcast) unpack Part 1 of Netflix’s Adolescence. We wrestle with the illusion of control, the silence between fathers and sons, the fragility of boyhood, and the courage it takes to stay present when everything is falling apart.
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What you’ll hear in this episode:
Why “I don’t know what I’m doing here” isn’t failure, but the starting line for every father
How shame creates a silence gap between dads and sons
Why presence matters more than performance in our families
Practical steps for letting go of control and embracing the mess
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