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Strategies for Dads to Help Children Cope with School Shootings
  1. Introduction: The Benefits of a Brave Mindset
  2. Acknowledgement of School Shooting as a Real Concern
  3. Tips for Dads to Help Kids Cope with School Shootings
    • Establishing an Open Line of Communication
    • Validate Your Child's Feelings
    • Prepare Your Child with Information
    • Empower Your Child with Sel
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Teaching Your Kids The Pillars of Survival, with Toby Cowern

On this episode of Close Quarter Dad, we explore the importance of teamwork, nature literacy, disaster preparedness, communication skills, and male empowerment in fatherhood. Listeners will learn the four survival priorities and how to prioritize them in different situations.

Toby also shares his e...

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Teach your kids to Spot Danger, with Gary Quesenberry

... Before it Spots Them

In this recording from the Child Safety Summit, 2022 we sit down with the authority on Situational Awareness, fellow Dad and author of some of the most comprehensive and valuable books on keeping your family safe.

In this episode you will learn:

  • How children c
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Applying Whole Circle Training to Conflict Management, with Randy King
 
 

This is our second episode with Self Defense expert Randy King, during his session of the Child Safety Summit, 2022..

You will join a critical conversation with Randy King and Adam Mitchell about how to step into training personal protection and family safety with a holistic and realistic

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Training Mindset for Teaching Self Defense, with Avi Nardia

Learn how to shift your mindset to a teacher of Self Defense, when training your children how to protect themselves and remain strong in the face of danger.

Avi Nardia (Major, IDF Res.) served as an official hand-to-hand instructor and safety officer. He then served in Israel's Special Co...

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Teaching Kids to Know Fear, with Tony Blauer
 
 

This recording is from Session 1 of the Child Safety Summit, 2022

Coach Tony Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades.

He is one of the only Combatives experts who has successfully affected training across all the

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Is Omegle safe for kids? You've been warned.

If you're a parent of a 10-16 year old, how would you respond to a grown man has pleasuring himself in front of your son or daughter, and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it?

That's question I could think of after recording this episode.

There's an extremely high chance that ...

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Human Trafficking, Why you Can't Look Away, with Nic McKinley

This is a mandatory episode for all parents to hear, and to share with other parents. Human trafficking, child sexual trafficking and sexploitation is an American epidemic. It is a situation in every town and city. Confronting it should be a line item in every city budget.

In this episo...

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Good posture will change your child's life, with Chris Janke

One of the most critical topics to teach our children in terms of safety, regardless if it's staying safe from people or environmental dangers - is posture. It's also a topic seldom discussed in relationship to staying personal protection, but it is vital that kids are taught this.

 

What you will...

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The Child Safety Summit, what I learned

In this episode, you will learn my personal key takeaways after spending three days with 14 of the best authors, trainers and advocates for child safety, at the Child Safety Summit, 2022.

While the summit is over, you can still access the speaker's sessions at https://closequarterdad.com/...

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The Difference Between Martial Arts and Self Defense, with Randy King
 

This episode is for Dads who want to really understand why martial arts are not self defense. Indeed, they support one another, but it's critical that you understand the difference.

You will step into a conversation with Randy King and Adam Mitchell about the differences between and the two,

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Strong Dads Need Stronger Gear, with Craig Risoli

Bag failures suck. Especially when there's kid's food, diapers and important lunches on long trips. Gear failures create stress, can damage stuff around you, and generally ruin what should otherwise be enjoyable, quality family time.

And who's to blame? Probably, you.

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