{"id":111,"date":"2025-09-22T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/22\/father-shares-struggle-to-connect-with-his-second-son-and-how-he-successfully-engaged-with-him\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:24:00","slug":"father-shares-struggle-to-connect-with-his-second-son-and-how-he-successfully-engaged-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/22\/father-shares-struggle-to-connect-with-his-second-son-and-how-he-successfully-engaged-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Father shares the struggle to connect with his second son and how he successfully engaged with him"},"content":{"rendered":"

The father-son bond is a beautiful thing. While many dads may think this relationship simply comes naturally, many fathers struggle with the connection.<\/p>

Dad and parenting blogger Pat Barber (@thefathersguild<\/a>) shared a vulnerable post with his followers about his struggle to connect with one of his sons. <\/p>

In a video shared on Instagram<\/a>, Barber told viewers, “I’m struggling to connect with my second son right now. It’s been brutal. He’s so great. But he does so many things that are so hard to overlook in terms of his long-term well being,” he says. “How he interacts with people. How he looks people in the eye.”<\/p>

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