"Today I’m excited to welcome Craig Wilkinson to The Quarter Life Comeback podcast.Craig is a TEDx speaker, author, Dad & Masculinity expert, founder of Father a Nation and a personal mentor of mine. I first came across his work through my involvement with TEDxCapeTown and later through a talk of [Read more]
Koketso Sachane played the “Dear Daddy” public service announcement from Care Norway, the Norwegian branch of charity Care International which has gone viral in Scandinavia, and you'll see why if you listen. Koketso also spoke to Craig about the role of men in South Africa and how if we [Read more]
“Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” – G. K. Chesterton It’s astounding how frequently men will risk complete compromise of their values, their marriage and their reputation to pursue a short-term enticement. We joke that men have two heads and only enough [Read more]
"Craig is the dad South Africa wishes it had. In a country where so many grow up without father figures or good male role models, Craig takes the job of being a dad seriously. He critically unpacks the importance of the male energy and influence on children, and examines [Read more]
A Rites of Passage camping experience designed to assist young men in their transition from boyhood to manhood.
You can be a good dad even if you grew up without one. Even if you aren’t a dad and don’t plan to become one, fatherhood and masculinity are incredibly important subjects. Why? Our guest for today’s episode says UNICEF has reported absentee fathers are the single biggest issue of [Read more]
Where is the image of true masculinity to be found? Is it in the round-house kick of Chuck Norris or in the decaf latte of the tame metrosexual? Is masculinity epitomised by the pot-bellied, middle aged, suburban man in front of the sports channel sipping [Read more]
Craig delivers a powerful talk at EthicsXchange 2014 about the role men and fathers play in building an ethical society.
Men have been given great responsibility for the lives and families and communities in their care, and they have been given great strength to fulfill these responsibilities. There are many good men using their strength to provide, nurture, protect and care for their families but unfortunately there are also [Read more]
“Craig Wilkinson is on a mission to help men rediscover true masculinity. He is doing so through Father-a-nation and his new book DAD. I enjoyed this interview for various reasons but mainly because Craig truly has a deep understanding of the issues that face men today. You hear it often that masculinity [Read more]
In this TEDx talk, Craig shares his belief that true masculinity is a beautiful gift to humanity, and that it is wounded masculinity that is so deeply destructive. He shows us that if we can heal men, we can heal the world. Masculinity is a profoundly [Read more]
I am utterly convinced that if we could somehow place a good man in every household in South Africa crime would come to a grinding halt, our police force would become all but redundant and social services would never have to leave their offices. A good man brings order, [Read more]
It may not be as easy to define masculinity as what it used to be but anyone who has raised a son and a daughter will know that there are some not so subtle differences between the sexes. John Eldridge, author of Wild at Heart identifies three needs at [Read more]
What does authentic masculinity look like? Gareth and Craig chat about the masculine crisis, Father A Nation and The DAD Book.