#54 How to be a father and frequent business traveller - with Rhoda Bangerter

Synopsis:

The ICAN Model helps you stay in touch with what is going on with your family’s life. If you are a father who travels, you may find it tricky to be emotionally present when you are away from home for work. The risk is that you feel like a stranger when you come home, especially if you’ve been away a long time, or that you stop being involved in raising your children. 

The ICAN model gives you a framework to stay connected. Your partner at home can use this framework to support your involvement as well. 

You will learn:

The risks involved if you are not involved in family life

The ICAN Model: 

• Involvement and Intention
• Consistency
• Awareness
• Nurture

Using the ICAN Model in the three levels of parenting: the big picture vision, the implementation, and finally the responsive moments of parenting

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• The ICAN Model was created by Dr Ken Canfield
• Staying connected - with Kerry Byrne, episode 7
• How to engage your child on the phone (download)
• The five love languages
• Long distance bracelets 
• The Toolbox for Multilingual Families, by Ute Limacher-Riebold
• Record stories with Audacity
• Record and then save as an mp3 file you can send to your children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBzk0MtuB5E