I'm Alec lace. Welcome to First Class fatherhood. Welcome everybody episode 296 at a podcast. I am happy as always to be here with you. Thank you for stopping by if this is your first time listening to the podcast. Please get over there and bang that subscribe button. You do not want to miss all the action that's coming your way right here on First Class fatherhood. All right, dad's I have got an incredible guest to bring you guys today. He is the son of the president of the United States of America is the Executive Vice President of the Trump organization. Eric Trump joins me on the podcast today. I have worked. Extremely hard to make this interview possible. Eric has had two children since his father has taken office, which is so cool. I can only imagine just how busy his life is so I am honored that he found the time to chat with me here today about fatherhood ever Trump will be here in just a few minutes. So please stick around for the interview and as with everything that the Trump's do. I'm sure this interview will attract some attention. So I'd like to take a second here just to reiterate the vision of first-class fatherhood for those of you who may be tuning in for the first time and that is to change The Narrative of fatherhood and family life. The fatherless crisis in my opinion is the biggest problem that we have in this country second. Maybe only to the fact that God has been removed from so much of our society far too many young men in this country feel as though fatherhood and family life is something to avoid and not something to embrace. So what I have done is interviewed some of the most highest Achievers on the planet such as Tom Brady Tony Hawk Dana White Deion Sanders and so many others and they all agree that despite all of their amazing accomplishments. It has really only been through the experience of fatherhood that has given them the greatest sense of In their life and it is a far better testimony to what fatherhood is really all about. I have also had the honor of interviewing so many of our nation's Heroes including more than 40 Navy Seals. So if you're into the Frogman there is a treasure Trove of interviews that I have done with the Navy Seals. I've also had the honor of speaking with three Medal of Honor recipients and even Mike Durant who was shot down and captured in the Black Hawk Down battle of Mogadishu. So I would like to invite you to just stroll through the archives of the show here and take a listen to so many of the amazing men who have shared their father. Hood Journeys with me on the podcast as far as myself. 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We have a little boy named Luke and he's just over two years old and we have a brand-new daughter Carolina who is about four months and they're the loves of my life and they are they're credible and my son is obsessed with cars meaning the most partisan terms of physical cars and also cars at the end of the movie and little Carolina. She's she's being a baby right now, but she's she's just a greatest. Yeah, very cool. You got one and one you going to try to break the tie here with a 3000 all done. And now I think we're probably done. I think if you could if you could convince my wife to have another one I certainly would but now it's weird the last we've got we've got two great kids great boy great girl. And I think I think that's it for us. And I don has my brother. Don has 5 August 30 we have to until there's other funny kids in from family. Lee yeah I have for myself we had three boys that we got the girl on the fourth try if we didn't get around for we have 5 by now exactly exactly girls are incredibly special. I love her. Eric if you could do me a favor here just take a minute to hit my list was with a little bit about your background and what you do. Yeah. Well listen, my background is in a commercial real estate. That's what we do. We build hotels golf courses residential buildings commercial buildings. We finish a lot of them. We build them all over the world. We have got unbelievable courses. We have 19 courses around the globe spanning from the Pacific Ocean and in ela a meaning on the Pacific Ocean LA to the Charlotte a lot of courses down to Florida but through Always wanted very famous ones to Scotland. We have from Turnberry and Aberdeen and dune bag. And you know, I could go on and on we have two courses Dubai right now into being built in Indonesia. So we spent a lot of time in that world and obviously commercial buildings or something. That's very big for us Office Buildings retail and then, you know, a lot of residential and Wineries and a lot of other things and then more recently politics which is, you know, always plays an interesting role in and everybody's like this and you know, From kind of stamping perspectives and so we really live a crazy eventful life, but we're good people we fight for things that we believe in. We you know, our family is everything to us. I think there's probably not many families that kind of epitomize family more than we do in the way that we fight together we stick together and I hope I hope about the nation has seen that and you know, we love each other. We spend all our free time together. We're all best friends and It's a very big part of our respective lives. Yeah, very well said and you've had obviously some incredible experiences here, you know, your father being, you know in the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, but how did the in shortly after that? You became a dad. So how did the experience of becoming a father kind of change your perspective on life? I think change your perspective in a big way, you know that inauguration was amazing. And you know, in fact yesterday was it was exactly three years to date at the inauguration. I circled the amazing picture of my you know, father's hand on a Bible and as you've taken the oath of office and it was you know, he's kids around him, you know, and I was kind of a very special moment for us as a family and it was myself Don Ivanka Tiffany Baron and you know and obviously milania. We're all surrounded him a we did that as a family and you know, you'll probably know that we saw together as a family throughout the whole campaign and we've always worked together as a family and you know, obviously a little who came into our lives right the end. In fact interesting story that I think is relevant. You know for this subject, but it was actually Inauguration night right after we got off a stage that I told, you know, the entire family that that Laura was pregnant with little Luke is very early on so we did announce it to the public but that I would actually really special day for us and in multiple ways Not only was he sworn in but we also pulled the whole family that and we're expecting our first child. And so it was you know, it was pretty amazing. And so, you know fast forward, you know, you you know, Laura gave birth obviously and you know as a little person comes into our life and it's Father's been mother. As you have no idea what you're doing. And then literally we had zero idea what the hell was what we were doing and figure it out very quickly, but you know, we put everything else in in real perspective for you. You know, somebody is that the trivial things that you worry about every single day don't really matter because every every night you show up and you get home and you know, you see something that you created which is just incredible and you know, I always I always tell people who aren't parents. It's amazing that you can have a child in the you know, the minute you see that child for the first and there isn't a single thing that you wouldn't do for that child and you know, if you know if it was a choice between a child and you it would be the easiest choice you made all day, you know, you do anything for that child and there's really something special about kind of you know, you know biological and religious and you know, I mean, it's so many different aspects plan to lift, you know the formation of that of that being and it's you know, it's pretty amazing thing and then I introduced a little girl into our lives was obviously incredibly special and you know, the one thing I take very very seriously if I try and wake them up every single morning now, obviously I travel a lot but I probably wake them up every single morning that I am around. I get them out of bed change the diapers and every single night that I am home. I put them to bed and put them in their crib and say good night and give the both cases and the I really really take that seriously see I read to them every single night again that I'm home and you know for Not that we do travel FaceTime I think is one of the great things that happened to do working parents because you know based I might get a couple times a day and it's it's a great way to stay connected, you know, and so, you know, they're a big part of my life as they are with all parents and I really love them to death. Yeah, very cool Eric. And one of the things I speak about often on my podcast here. I call it an attack on the family life. But there is there is a fatherless crisis that we have going on in our country here far too. Many kids are growing up without a dad in the home and it's having some devastating results in our society. Are you seeing this? And how can we as a nation focus on strengthening our family units? Yes, I do. We see it all over the place. I think the nation's he said, I think there's you know a lack of I think there's lack of fathers. I think there's a lack of families. I think there's a lack of Quite frankly discipline, you know and you know, I think I think the hardest thing that I'm going to struggle with and obviously I'm new into this game only having been a father for a couple years, but you know, what is that fine balance between being kind of you know, a father versus kind of being a friend and a mentor and I think those two have to work in conjunction, you know, you don't always want to be the friend because you need to be able to discipline at the same time. You want your kid to love you to death and you know, and and respect to you and want to be with you and want to be around you and You know, so I think it's I think it's fine balance. But you know, it's one that that I care to achieve. I also really, you know, I see so many kids these days and it was the exact opposite of how we were raised and that's public shocking based on the amount of stereotypes that there are about, you know us and this is who we are and perceived wealth and everything else. But you know, I really believe in making kids work. It's one of the things my father did for us and then we were 11 12 years old all summer. We're working on construction sites. We were still cutting A bar with acetylene torches. We were doing electrical work. We were doing we're digging ditches. We were cutting down trees with chainsaws. We were we were doing, you know, just you know any job and it's really, you know, really acted as foundation for who we are today and you know kind of what I do every single day which is build and develop another things and there's no one that knows more about HP AC than I do. There's no one that if I'm missing an outlet in my house, I'll literally go wire it up myself on the way in and you I have that ability. Ability from doing it every single summer because my father made us work and you see a lot of other kids who just don't do that. They don't work, you know, they don't have jobs. They mess around. They have a lot of free time oftentimes. I think free time leads to a lot of bad things. I've got plenty of friends who had a lot of free time and you know, they fell into a be a bad substance abuse and bed drug habits and and other things I mean when you take type a children at a young age and you give them a lot of free time, not too many. The things can come out of that. So my father was always a big believer built you're going to work and you're going to work for minimum wage and you're going to understand the value of a dollar and you're going to learn a trade and it's been honestly probably the most single handedly probably the most rewarding thing that's happened to me and my life is conditioning us from a young age teaching us the value of that dollar showing us true work ethic and teaching us a skill that we quite frankly otherwise wouldn't have. No one had we not Knock on forced into it. Yeah, very well said Eric and I know you mentioned discipline there. I know they're young yet. But what type of disciplinary and are you so far add the daddy was spanker a timeout guy. How do you handle discipline and who's the bigger disciplinarian? You know what I just had my first little episode with this couple weeks ago my son he woke up. He was in a bad mood and he had his first like true melt and I think every parents probably been there and I held him in my lap and I go listen, you're not what you're not winning this one. We had a stare-off honestly for 40 minutes. I would have stayed there all day. There's no way there's no way he was going to beat me at this game. And I literally and finally quieted down. He stopped his little meltdown. And as soon as he did we were, you know Off to the Races and but I was not putting up with the behavior and you know, it's funny. My mom came from I mean the chef de Vaca and she was very much a spanker. She lose the, you know, very old-school disciplinarian and you know obviously times have changed in the world has changed and that doesn't work today, but I have to say No, we all loved our mom. But we also very much respected our mom and we would get the hand across the but if we you know, if we were bad and you know, I mean she certainly had the fear of God in us, you know, you did not cross. / you said please you said thank you you open the doors, you know, you had great banners you always introduce yourself by your first name, and she really she drove that into us and you know, we ate everything that was on on the plate you weren't in the waste food. She was always very big into that and you know, there's something to be said about that as well. I obviously times have changed but you know, so I think I was raised by more of the spanking now, it's you know, I don't think I'm going to raise my kids who Lie by that but I think it's you know, I certainly will be firm with them and I will expect a high standard for them and I will expect them to have bleep manners and be productive people and do well in school and you know, and if they do that, I think they're gonna have very happy father. Yeah, very cool. And I know that you're a big Outdoorsman Hunter and fisherman. We just had the two a rally here yesterday and that down in Virginia all when do you think of you a good age or a safe age to start teaching your kids how to shoot? Yeah unless I think the earlier the better and you know, and I say that obviously you have to responsibly cetera et cetera. But you know, you know the shooting sports played such a large role in my life my grandfather on my mother's side. Whose big Outdoorsman he grew up fishing and The woods and he got done Night in the Woods a very young age we go over to what was then Czechoslovakia every summer for a couple months. And this was a very very blue collar area and you know, they give us pocketknife and on that would go out and play in the woods and see we had a great time and you know, we play the slingshot then we played we made bow and arrows and you know, we shot pelicans and and everything else that I gave us kind of Rebel be very unique appreciation for for the outdoors and you know, and and quite frankly formed them. Bond between Donna and I that is absolutely unbreakable. We're still in a best friends to stay and he's big fisherman and we both are and we are hunters and you know, we do a lot in a Shooting Sports. I do a lot of you know competitive shooting and a bunch of other things but you know, I certainly would love my son to to be into that. I think it teaches positraction. I think it teaches great discipline. I think it teaches responsibility and safety. Certainly I can tell you from my standpoint, you know, I mentioned kind of you know, what I saw was so many kids in New With drugs and alcohol and kill falling into really fat to add it to doing stupid things and know the Outdoor Sports and if you're going to go fishing in the morning and you have to be up at five o'clock or if you're in the woods in the morning and you're up at five o'clock or whatever it may be, you know, they structure your life in a certain way that so many other people they knew that didn't have that positive influence in their life didn't have and you know, many of those people went down a very very bad path that's influenced them for the negative for a long time to come. I always had those as positive influences in my life. I think they just contributed greatly and so, you know, I think every kid probably reaches an age of quote-unquote Readiness at a different time, but Luke will definitely be shooting BB guns and pellet guns and little bone arrows and you know slingshots and he'll definitely be out of the woods and I don't mind if he scratches himself once in a while and I don't mind if he bloody his knee up. I think it's all part of growing up and I might be a little bit of a traditionalist when it comes to that but It certainly you know, if he loves it and and likes it will certainly be a part of his life and quite frankly Carolina's life as well. Well, yeah, very cool. You mentioned there are a lot about you know, I'm a recovering alcoholic an addict myself here and I you know, it's been involved in my life since very early on I watched my father died alcoholism and it's something that I really admire about your dad that he doesn't he know he learned his lesson from watching what it does is showing people that he chooses not to drink and I love the fact that your family is so tight knit. I think a lot of us do see that now, I've only been on social media since I started this podcast and it's so brutal on there. I cannot think of anybody that been more viciously attacked other than your family so You kind of handle all of the trolls and haters, especially when they're insulting and threatening to people that you love. Why is first class fatherhood climbing to the top of the Pod casting charts? Listen to it? Dad's like UFC president Dana White legendary New York City radio host Greg tea and Navy SEAL David Rutherford have to say about the podcast. What a cool podcast is one of the coolest ones I've ever did and congrats. Seriously. I mean it what a cool podcast concept and I love it good for you man continued success dude. I love this podcast man. Your questions are phenomenal bro, but a nominal I am We happy and I can tell you honestly, I'm proud to be a part of it. Thanks for having me on thank you Alec and God bless you and what you're doing keep it up. I think the compiling this many fathers and this much great information is going to be invaluable in so many ways. So I wish you all the best brother. So let's go dad's we are not babysitters. We have fathers and we're not just father's we are first class father's subscribe to First Class fatherhood today. All right, guys, many of you have hit me up saying that you would like to start your own podcast and I am telling you right now anchor is the easiest way to get this done. Number one. It's free. I have never paid a dime to publish any of my podcasts and their creation tools allow you to record and edit right from your phone or your computer anchored those all the distribution as well. So it can be heard on Spotify Apple podcast and many more also you can make money with no minimum. Listen to Ship. It's everything. You need to make a podcast in one place. What are you waiting for it down? Load the free anchor app today or go to Anchored on FM to get started. It's something that I really admire about your dad that he doesn't you know, he learned his lesson from watching what it does is showing people that he chooses not to drink and I love the fact that your family is so tight knit and I think a lot of us do see that now, I've only been on social media since I started this podcast and it's so brutal on there. I cannot think of anybody that's been more viciously attacked other than your family. So how do you kind of handle all of the trolls and haters especially when they're insulting and threatening to people that you love? Well, you know, let me first go back to the part about my am my father and my father every And before I go to bed late for school, and he would always say listen kids. Remember one thing no drinking. No drugs. No smoking. No tattoos, you know and your you better get good grades. I mean, he said that this every single day no drinking, no drugs. No smoking and you better get great grades and so every day I hear that and now I was a five-year-old kid. I didn't know what breaking was I didn't know was smoking woes. I certainly didn't know what drugs were at that point, you know and and and and grades I don't think you're getting crazier probably playing with shapes and animals. Eels and you know other trivial things at that age, but I mean, he literally eaten before we understood what that meant. He started beating in our heads and you know, I'm incredibly thankful. He did and you know, it's really important. I think in terms of social media aspect time in the world has gone crazy. I have little Luke who again is you know, what twenty seven twenty eight months right now and you'll get attacked viciously by some grown man on Twitter. I'll post a picture of him and I sitting at the pool or you know down on a dock fishing or you know, the walking through the woods or doing something and you know, The comments that they come out and listen, the reality is, you know, those people don't speak for the masses. In fact, they are the minority in such a big way, you know, but you do have Savages out there and and unfortunately the world isn't always such an lollipops and rainbows, especially if you sit and kind of RC doing kind of what we're doing and fighting the way that we've to a thought and you will have grown grown men growing women going after a bear. When Trump who's a 14 year old boy or Tiffany Trump who's in law school and savagely attacked many stall that during the Ukraine hearings. You saw, you know, a former Ambassador go there and you know make fun of his name because his name is Baron and you know just because his name is Baron doesn't mean he's royalty and is apparent and the kid goes to school and he goes to soccer and he goes to bed and he does it again and I mean you literally have Savage grown-ups who will beat up on on the young innocent beautiful. Because they think it will get them something because they think it will hurt us because they think it will hurt the family because we get to my father. I mean they're they're sick. I mean, they're they're sick sick sick people and you know now there's two sides of this right, you know, the one side is it should always be condemned. Unfortunately the media very rarely ever does but there's another side to it which is you know, we've dealt with this a lot of Our Lives based on who we were and who we are and you know, I think it's kind of tough and us up and then a certain way maybe maybe that every abuse is actually what pave the way and got us ready to go on the journey that that we've been on and less couple years and you know tough and us up and get has given us that kind of fortitude to fight the nonsense and fight the personal attacks regardless of who you are regardless of political affiliation. It's disgusting that somebody attacks a two-year-old boy or four month old girl. Let me put some of the post I could show you where just incredible or that during a senate hearing their one yet. Fourteen-year-old kid who's now and I am not even high school. I mean, it's it it does show of a sickness to turn people that are out there. But again, they truly do represent a minority and and I think you know generally condemned by by virtually all yeah, I agree. It's very vicious and one thing for me Eric and I'm not sure you know, this is a blessing or a curse, but I do know that in-laws can create some drama in a relationship. My parents passed away before I met my wife my wife parents are divorced never been in the picture. So it's never been an issue for us. But I do know it takes a village to raise a child how has your relationship been with flowers family and the kids grandparents on that side. Now they say it's awesome Lawrenceville or has amazing family. Her mom dad her brother their incredible incredible people her dad is about as tough as it come played football and Purdue. He's a great football player and you know almost went off the NFL and you know, really a phenomenal athlete and you know, sometimes it's funny, you know sometimes will You know babying the kids are upstairs and hey Lucien to the age where you can walk downstairs and pretty comfortably and you know, I always walk in front of him. But you know at our house our whole house is it's childproof and then you go to a you know, you go to Grandma and Grandpa's house and obviously nothing's childproof and it's it's gonna hurt himself and you know, it's kind of funny. He's my father-in-law is right, you know, and you know, sometimes the difference in an age kind of the difference in philosophy having reached children before versus Of our maiden voyage not to mention probably the difference in time. Meaning, you know people who are raising kids and you know in the 80s versus you know, and you know it in 2020 it was kind of fun to see but they are phenomenal phenomenal people. They are amazing grandparents the kids absolutely. Love them. They want run wild and them, you know, it's a I think they can certainly learn a lot from the you know from from my father and mother-in-law. They're very cool. And it's similar to me my first son, you know, we gave him the same first name as me, but we switched up his middle name just like you did yours Frederick. You went with Lube. How come you guys decided to switch the middle name? Yes, I want Eric Eric. It was it's really His official is his true name of Derek Luke. We all Call Him Luke. Luke was Laura's grandfather's name and very special guy in her life kind of symbolically. And and so we like that name. It was short. It was kind of strong as powerful as a little bit different and kind of gave him gave him the option and I don't think Laura want to be running around the house yelling Eric Eric Eric. I mean can a two people come running every single time so I think And from a practical matter it ended up at end up working and then Caroline was very important to me and to my wife obviously. She's from North Carolina. She wore it worked very very hard fought very very hard to win that state in 2016 for our family and we want to buy one of the largest margins and in recent history for a Republican and you know, if you fought very hard but she loves the state that's where all her you know ties are and that's really where she Associates herself. You know, if week from She's you know, I don't think she's She called herself or New York or she'd parsed. I'll see you know person from North Carolina the Carolinas and so that was a you know, that was important to me when we ultimately named our daughter something that she really loved in a very cool. And I know that you brought it down recently dropped the book trigger that did very well. Are there any books in the making for you? And he project you're working on? What can we expect to see from you in the future here Paul? Listen You'll you'll see me out there fighting like hell on the campaign Trail, you know, what we're doing for this country is something that's very very important to me. It's really become very personal thing for me and we talked about some of the things that I think are going wrong. And I frankly so many things in my father and ran on my father's one guy who didn't need to take this job. He did it because he saw he knows the direction of this country and they're just going inaudible ways and you know, we sit on a bunch of the points but you know, look at our educational system in this country is straight at 30th and the world I think about that America had an educational system. That's right the 30th the world look at the family structure where you know, how many kids didn't have Fathers or or mothers and the family system was deteriorating look at the you know, taking of kind of religion out of out of schools and out of just about every aspect of our life and there was a full-out war on religion and not just, you know, not just poop organized religion, but also, you know one on Customs values in Americans hold true, you know Christmas upto New York, if you if you walk down the street. You said Merry Christmas to somebody I mean they would look at you to give you bad luck. Like how dare you possibly say that to me and I mean we were losing our culture's Losing our values we are losing our educational system. We are losing this country's ability to stay safe and protect themselves within our military was totally run down. Our economy wasn't doing well jobs are going overseas. It was providing it much harder for parents to really take care of children and live that American dream and take them to Disney World. I mean people hadn't seen wage increases and in well over a decade. I'm a could go on and on them and GDP growth. It was abysmal and this country, you know, you're a point eight percent point nine percent GDP growth under under Obama. You had 10 plus percent unemployment During certain periods of time under under, you know, under Obama and look at it. Today wages are growing the fastest I've ever grown unemployment the lowest it's ever been female unemployment's you know, if the bestest ever ever been the same with Hispanic and African-American and you know, I could go on and on consumer confidence is through the charts for one case or are off the charts. I mean, they literally doubled in value for one. The average 401K in the last three years, you know the amount of the amount of money that's been pumped into system but really be, you know, the amount of benefit toward the you know, kind of lower middle classes in this country has been astronomical and what does that ultimately do? It creates a better family situation. It creates more opportunities for you know again parents to take kids on vacation. It's it helps in terms of Education. It helps in terms of childcare. Ivanka's Champions so many different Child Care programs and you know family Family benefit programs and tax incentives and and I mean I could go on and on for hours. But this is a calling that is deeply deeply personal to us. This country was going in the wrong direction. There's no question about it. And I think my father is really right at the ship it just about every aspect of that, you know, some things that are unpleasant to talk about and then other things that you know have been incredible and I think the family structure it's going to do better off because of that. It's really one of the reasons I fight as hard as I do. Yeah, and I'm glad that your family is because really Erica, I think a lot of us see it and I really don't even understand what the argument is other than an emotional argument when it comes to your dad as a present because the results have been just astronomical of what he's done so far in a short period of time with so many people just against them slinging mud. So you can only imagine if more people were just on board here how much further he could take us. So I wish you guys all the best of luck with the upcoming elections last thing. I want to hit you with here Eric. I love to ask all the dads that I get on the podcast. You're fairly new into the game here some Hear your answer. What type of advice do you have for that new dad or for that about to be father? Who's out there listening? Oh, wow. Well, you know the first the first day we came home a little Luke and you know, Laura send me to the you know, we're actually pretty good planners, right? So I said it's a little nursery and I said a little prayer that everything the one thing that we didn't have were newborn size diapers. So when I end up going to the CVS or Duane Reade or one of these places and I'm in the diaper section. I'm just staring at all these diapers and I have no idea what the hell does system is right? Where now - No, obviously, it's 1 2 3 4 5 but for one is there's an in diaper and that's like the newborn diaper. Right? So instead of just having newborns in ones they're actually technically in ends and I'm sitting there looking at the rack of diapers just staring I have no idea. What is going on. I have no idea what to buy listen to the advice is probably have fun with it. All of us go into it not knowing anything about you over and and we figure it out and we can be remarkable influences in their lives and you know put your kids to bed and read him, you know or her their favorite book at night and wake them up in the morning be the first face they see and you know the last you know, the last face they see before they go to bed the first face they see when they wake up and you know, if you can't because you have a job and you travel hey, I'm certainly guilty of that probably more so than anybody will be the parent that's that's present and call them or FaceTime them and speak to them and see you know and spend time with them and Mentor them and You know pray with them and do know be a parent. I mean, I think the most Joy I get is, you know when I sit down and I would Luke and his one of his favorite books is the little blue truck and he read them little blue truck and his eyes just totally light up a minute if it's an amazing feeling that you know, I think only parents could understand, you know, I think if you would have told me I would have felt that way pre, you know, even two days pre that may be coming out. I would I would have never actually believed you in so I think we can play an amazing. Attribution to our kids I think quite frankly Society. No father's he could be playing more of a contribution to their to their children and you know, if there are special gift and we're incredibly fortunate and I think they give us and they quite frankly it probably taught my kids to probably taught me more about myself then maybe I'll ever teach them about themselves, but it's amazing thing and you know, I love fatherhood and it's been has been a roller coaster and it's been a lot of fun and I'm still learning every single day, but it's something I do take very seriously. Yeah, very well said I love the message has been an honor for me. I got to say Eric Trump your first play of follow all the way and thank you so much for give me a few minutes of your time on first class fatherhood's it's been a pleasure back to wrap things up here on First Class fatherhood. I got to give a special. Thank you. Once again to Eric Trump for giving me a few minutes of his time here. It was such an honor. Hit me up on Twitter guys to drop me that DM on Instagram. Let me know what you thought about today's episode of always. Love to hear your feedback lock it in. I got a fresh Frogman Friday edition of first-class fatherhood coming your way to cap off the week active duty Navy SEAL. John mccaskill will be joining me here on the podcast. He is getting ready for his retirement and life after the teams. Don't miss out on that one. That's all I got for you guys today. Thank you for tuning in. I'm Alec lace. You have been listening to First Class fatherhood. And please remember guys, we are not babysitters. We are fathers and we're not just fathers. We are first class fathers.
Episode 296 Eric Trump is a First Class Father, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization and son of the President of the United States Donald Trump. Eric and his wife Lara have had two children since his father took the oath of office. In this Episode, Eric shares his Fatherhood journey, he talks about the fatherless crisis in America, he discusses the need for stronger families, he tells us about the many accomplishments his father has made since becoming President and how they plan on fighting for re-election as a family, he shares his morning and nighttime routines as a Dad, he talks about discipline with regards to children, he informs us whether or not he and Lara are planning to have any more kids, he offers some great advice for new or about to be Dads and more! Subscribe on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCD6cjYptutjJWYlM0Kk6cQ     VOTE For First Class Fatherhood - http://awards.family.is/      First Class Fatherhood Merch - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/first-class-fatherhood-/we+are+not+babysitters-A5d09ea872051763ad613ec8e?productType=812&sellable=3017x1aBoNI8jJe83pw5-812-7&appearance=1      Follow me on instagram - https://instagram.com/alec_lace?igshid=ebfecg0yvbap   Alec Lace Interview On American Snippets - https://www.americansnippets.com/first-class-fatherhood-with-alec-lace/    For information about becoming a Sponsor of First Class Fatherhood please hit me with an email: FirstClassFatherhood@gmail.com    ---   This episode is sponsored by  · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. 