What Reparenting Really Means (And Why Most Men Avoid It)

Jul 30, 2025

Bob Beare, a licensed therapist and founder of Deep Waters Recovery, unveils the transformative concept of reparenting. He discusses how many men unknowingly carry inner child wounds that hinder their growth. Bob explains the resistance men feel towards healing and shares actionable practices for connecting with their past selves. The conversation highlights the crucial link between healing and effective parenting, explores male archetypes, and emphasizes the coexistence of joy and grief. This insightful dialogue offers tools for emotional freedom and deeper understanding.

Ask episode

AI Snips

Chapters

Books

Transcript

Episode notes

INSIGHT

Healing the Inner Child Matters

Healing the wounded inner child brings real peace and emotional freedom.
Ignoring this inner child causes cycles of reactivity, overwork, and emotional shutdown.

ADVICE

Connect with Your Inner Child

Use inner child visualizations to connect and listen to your younger self.
Regular journaling with your non-dominant hand gives a vulnerable part of you a voice.

INSIGHT

We Raise Kids to Heal Ourselves

We unconsciously raise kids to survive our own unresolved childhood wounds.
This pattern often stems from passing shame and unmet needs down to our children.

Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode

Get the app

Most men have no idea they’re still trying to father a wounded boy inside themselves.

In this episode, Dr. Bob Beare, PhD — licensed therapist, recovery leader, and founder of Deep Waters Recovery — returns to unpack what reparenting really means, and why so many high-performing men avoid the one thing that could finally bring peace.

This isn’t theory. It’s raw truth.

Bob walks us through the core practices that help men connect with the younger parts of themselves — the inner child who still carries unmet needs, suppressed grief, and the shame we were told to bury long ago. And he explains why ignoring this relationship keeps us stuck in cycles of reactivity, overwork, and emotional shutdown.

We explore:

What it actually means to reparent yourself — and how to start
Why most men resist healing (even when they say they want it)
How inner child work unlocks real emotional freedom — not just insight
How unhealed men unconsciously raise kids to fix their own wounds
Why grief and joy live in the same place — and how to access both
How to stop creating chaos just to feel something
What happens when we stop fighting and finally let peace in

If you’ve ever wondered why you “know better” but still overreact… Or why you keep striving even though you’ve already achieved so much… This episode will give you language, tools, and a path forward.

Because the best thing you can do for your kids… Is heal the kid still living inside you.

___________________________

👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with :

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/