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In this episode of the Dads With Daughters podcast, we welcome Malcolm Newsome, a children’s book author from the Chicago area to the show. We discuss Malcolm’s diverse background in software consulting and cybersecurity. They dive into Malcolm’s children’s book Dear Star Baby, which is inspired by the loss of two unborn children and reflects his personal journey as a father of five.
The conversation explores Malcolm’s experiences as a father, especially when it comes to parenting daughters. He shares his initial excitement upon learning he would be a father to a girl and his mental and emotional preparations. They discuss the fears fathers often have when raising daughters and the significance of fostering a unique bond with each child.
The episode delves into how Malcolm balances his busy life, including work, writing, and being a father to five children. He emphasizes the intentional decisions he’s made to prioritize family time and be present in their lives.
Malcolm shares his approach to building unique relationships with his daughters and how he embraces their individuality. He highlights the importance of letting them be themselves and supporting their interests, whether they align with traditional gender norms or not.
The conversation takes a heartfelt turn as Malcolm discusses the grief he experienced after the loss of two unborn children and the societal pressures fathers face when dealing with such tragedies. He acknowledges the need for more open conversations about pregnancy loss and offers insights into how he processed his own grief and found support in unexpected places.
Malcolm introduces his forthcoming children’s book, Sydney’s Big Speech, which tackles the issue of shattering stereotypes and empowering young girls, especially black girls, to speak their minds confidently. He shares the inspiration behind the book and how he’s using it to create a positive legacy for his own daughters and young readers alike.
Finally, the episode concludes with a glimpse into the author’s personal connection to his books, sharing touching moments when his children experienced and embraced the stories he wrote. Malcolm reflects on the emotional impact of writing these books and how they’ve strengthened his bond with his family.
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TRANSCRIPT
Christopher Lewis [00:00:06]:
Welcome to Dads With Daughters. In this show, we spotlight dads, resources, and more to help you be the best dad you can be.
Christopher Lewis [00:00:16]:
Hey, everyone. This is Chris, and welcome to Dads with Daughters where we bring you guests to help you be active participants in your daughters’ lives, raising them to be strong independent women. We’re excited to have you back again this week. And as always, every week, you and I are on a journey together. We have a great opportunity every week To be able to talk and walk on this path together of raising daughters. It’s not always easy. It’s not always going to be that Straight and narrow path, but it’s important it’s important to have these conversations, to talk, to know that you’re not alone, And to know that there are other dads just like you that are struggling through it, that are working through it, that are working to be the best dad that they can be, and that’s what this podcast is all about. I love being able to talk with you every week and bring you different guests Bring you different guests, different people with different experiences that can help you to be that better dad That you can learn from what they’ve gone through because every father’s journey is just a little bit different, And there’s no one right way to father.
Christopher Lewis [00:01:24]:
So being able to listen to other dads and to connect with other dads is definitely something that All of us need to be able to be the best dad that we want to be. So today, we’ve got another great dad with us. Malcolm Newsom is with us. And Malcolm’s a children’s book author from the Chicago area, and he has worked in a lot of different areas. He used to be a vice president of a software consulting firm and now works in cybersecurity. But on top of that, like I said, he’s a children’s author. We’re going to be talking about 1 book that he wrote called Dear Star Baby, and that book is a book that was written After the experience that he had with the loss of 2 unborn children. And we’re also going to talk about that.
Christopher Lewis [00:02:13]:
On top of this, we’re going to talk about another book that he has coming out in the near future, and we’re going to be learning, of course, more about his own journey as a Father of 5. I’m really excited to have him here. Malcolm, thanks so much for being here today.
Malcolm Newsome [00:02:27]:
Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. I really love that intro. So much of what you said is true and resonates with me.
Christopher Lewis [00:02:33]:
Now I know you’ve got 5 kids, 3 boys, 2 girls. And I’m gonna focus on those girls because, you know, this is the Dads with Daughters podcast. So I want to turn the clock back in time And go to that 1st moment, that first moment when you found out that you’re going to be a father to a daughter. What was going through your head?
Malcolm Newsome [00:02:53]:
I actually did not find out Until she was born, and this was very intentional because at the time that she was born, Was just as the gender reveals were gaining popularity, they’ve been around, but they were really starting to become a much bigger thing where people were doing these much more elaborate gender reveals. And my wife and I made an a very intentional decision in that we did not wanna find out prior to. And This was, I I think, an important decision because as we’ll get into, I always saw myself as A dad to girls, and I always wanted a daughter even from my high school days. And so we fast forward. We’re in that moment. My wife gives birth, and, you know, it’s just it’s the it’s it’s almost those that moment of, like, feeling like Time is slowing down. Everything’s in slow motion because I’m waiting for the doctor to say, you have a And it’s it’s a baby girl. You know, it’s one of those that it’s it’s hard to capture the feeling.
Malcolm Newsome [00:04:08]:
It’s hard to capture the emotion and all of that, But I can see it. You know? I can play it over and over again in my mind, and it’s so vivid, but it’s also, yes, in slow motion.
Christopher Lewis [00:04:18]:
Oh, I know that the first 3 kids that you had were boys, and you’ve now had 2 girls as well. Talk to me about the difference And what you had to do to parent and father and maybe a little bit of a different way for your daughters Dan, you may have had to have done with your sons.
Malcolm Newsome [00:04:41]:
One of the things that I told myself fairly early on is that I really wanted to kind of avoid the sort of stereotypical or typical mode of raising a girl, like, You know? So I very intentionally would never call her princess, for example. I was not super into, like, Oh, we’re gonna do a bunch of girly things. I really did not wanna do that. And To that end, I decided also early on that so when my first son was born, I gave him the nickname mister chairman. And Then my so when my 2nd child was born, I was like, okay. What’s what’s that nickname gonna be? And so that ended up being mister president. The third one ended up being mister Monarch. And so now we have this this trend of nicknames, and I and I wanted them to have nicknames that were ones that where they could see themselves in positions of leadership and influence and all that.
Malcolm Newsome [00:05:45]:
And so I I made the decision early that I there like, no. There would be no princess. Like, I’m not using that. And I gave my first daughter The nickname, miss director. And throughout her growing years, I started to realize it doesn’t matter what I say because she ends up being girly girl, all about princesses, All about pink and glitter and shiny things and stars, and I’m like, she is who she is, and that was none of my doing because I really tried the hardest I could to to give a different perspective. So, nevertheless, it’s fun. In terms of how I parent them differently, I don’t know. I it’s a hard question to answer From the standpoint of I really have tried my best to mirror what they show me in terms of who they are, even from early ages.
Malcolm Newsome [00:06:45]:
And so if they’re into you know, like I just mentioned with my daughter, if, you know, she’s into dolls and stuff like that. So, alright, let’s Support that, but she will run outside and play in dirt and play in mud and pick up bugs and all that. And so I’m like, alright. I’m here for that too. Right? And She loves gymnastics and flipping and stuff like that. Alright. I’m here for that. And and so what I try to do is let them be who they are and encourage Who they are to the best of my ability.
Christopher Lewis [00:07:16]:
Thanks so much for sharing that. You know, one of the things that a lot of dads have daughters tell me is that When they have their daughters, especially if it’s a first time dad, but sometimes if it’s a first time father of a daughter, that there’s some fear, some fear That goes along with raising daughters and stepping into that new role of being a father to a daughter. What would you say has been your biggest fear In raising
Malcolm Newsome [00:07:41]:
daughters. My biggest fear is knowing that they’re growing up in a world in a Society, that is going to devalue them. My biggest fear is evil lurking around the corner. Unfortunately, I rehearse all of the Potential terrible things that happen to women. Everything from cat calls to harassment. And that’s not just women, that’s girls too. Right? And so that starts at an early age. Those are my biggest fears with regard to raising girls, and so I don’t know that that will ever go away, but a lot of the way I parent is to try to plant seeds in them Such that such that they can navigate the cruelties of this world.
Christopher Lewis [00:08:25]:
Now I mentioned the fact that you’re a children’s author. You work in cybersecurity. You’re a busy guy. You’ve got A lot of things going on, and you’ve got 5 kids. You’re balancing that. You’re you’re wearing a lot of different hats. Talk to me about balance And what you had to do to be able to balance all of these things that you do with also being able to be that engaged Father that you want to be.
Malcolm Newsome [00:08:50]:
Balance is a hard thing for me. I think that ultimately though, usually, the way I answer that question is The way I think about balance is that often means that there’s a lot of things I don’t do and there’s a lot of things that I cannot do, and so I’m I feel like I’m kind of Often or have often, at least in the past, made intentional decisions to preserve family time, to preserve Creative time to preserve reading time, like those sorts of things. And so that means that I don’t regularly go out for night Nights on the town just hanging out with buddies. That that means certain things. That means I don’t watch a whole lot of TV or spend a whole lot of time on social media So that I can be present, things like that. So these are intentional trade offs that I make. That means I needed to say no to certain opportunities, Again, to preserve family time and preserve the priorities that I have in my life.
Christopher Lewis [00:09:45]:
Now you mentioned you have 5 kids. I said you have 3 boys and 2 girls. And one of the things that comes to my mind is that every father has to be able to find ways to build those unique relationships with their kids. You’ve got your 3 boys and 2 girls. Talk to me about what you had to do with your daughters to be able to build those unique relationships With each of them knowing that every child is a little bit different.
Malcolm Newsome [00:10:14]:
Yeah. That’s such a good question. Unfortunately, that my wife Also values that, and we both value this, like, individual connection and individual time With our children, and we and so that is something that we think a lot about. And so what we have done is and we really honestly should do it more than we do, but, Usually, it works out to be a couple times a year. We’ll we’ll do, like, daddy daughter dates or Mom son dates or whatever or just daddy child date sort of thing where even if it’s just going to get like, an intentional going to get ice cream With just one of the kids or something like that that set apart something that we don’t normally do to try to have individual alone time with our Kids, and I feel like that’s probably been the most helpful thing is because once you sort of get Them away from the normalcy of life, you see different sides of them too. They show up in a different way, and it’s it’s really kind of fascinating to see. So, yes, we try to do that. Things with my daughters, I’ve done you know, I mentioned ice cream.
Malcolm Newsome [00:11:23]:
We’ve done daddy daughter dances, stuff like that, Pedicure pedicure dates or just going mini golfing, things like that. Just going out to have some fun.
Christopher Lewis [00:11:32]:
Mentioned at the beginning of the show that you are a children’s author. You have a book called Dear Starbaby that you wrote after the loss of 2 unborn children. And I guess first and foremost, What I’d like to do is go back and turn things back just a little bit to have you give me the story. Tell me about the impetus for the book, why you decided you wanted to step into the realm of writing a children’s book, But then let’s talk about this topic. It’s a painful topic. It’s a topic that that everybody talks about. Why did you delve into this topic And move into this area to write about this painful topic.
Malcolm Newsome [00:12:16]:
The moment where I put it together that I feel like I have something to say On this topic was when a fellow publishing colleague posted on Twitter just that She had been struggling with her miscarriage, and it was this sort of, we need to talk about this more, and she was kind of Making a bold stance and sharing about it, and it was that sort of like, yeah, you know, nobody talks about this. And That was true of my own experience where when we suffered our 1st major miscarriage, it was Kind of like all of a sudden, I started to find out, like, oh, this person’s experienced that too. Oh, this person. Oh, this person. And then But you don’t find out until you’re going through it. And hopefully, you’ve you know? And not everyone finds out like that, but and so it was like, wow. There’s this whole mystery To this horror that’s happening, estimates of, like, 1 in 4 people. And so I had since our first miscarriage, I had done so much processing and had talked to folks here and there that had also lost babies and struggle to mostly men, and I felt like I had at least in those conversations, I felt like I had a perspective that I wanted to share.
Malcolm Newsome [00:13:35]:
And where this Also is important as it relates to the daddy-daughter conversations because our first miscarriage was After our 3rd son was born, and the thing that I struggled with the hardest again, going back to the fact that I always wanted A girl. The thing that I struggled with the hardest was, what if that was my daughter? What if that was her and I never get to meet her? And so through that Pain and that grieving process, that processing, I started to realize that for myself, the hardest part of this whole thing was Confronting the fact that I had an expectation of a future reality that now was not going to be that, Now I had to kind of rectify because, at least for me, when I got the news my wife is pregnant, I’m like, okay. It’s a done deal. Pregnancy loss was nowhere on my radar, And so so I start organizing my life around these hopes and dreams, this sort of to me, in my mind, it was like an automatic thing. And yeah. So then I had to regroup. And so a lot of that for me is also representative book, the Kind of wondering and wishing the hopes, the dealing with, I wonder what this could have been, but it’s not going to be that anymore. That was the hardest thing for me, and that’s what I also try to represent in the book, where which I felt like maybe others Would resonate with as well.
Christopher Lewis [00:15:03]:
No. You’re completely right that when you talk about this topic, it’s not something that many men talk about. I’ve heard women talk about it, and it seems like there is community around women that they can find and support for women as they go through That process for themselves, but a lot of men seem to bottle it up. And they don’t always Surround themselves with support in that regard. For you personally, as you were going through that for yourself, how did you find support? And how did you find that support and balance that support for yourself while at the same time your wife was dealing with her own loss And you were dealing with that together. So in all of that, you and your wife were grieving.
Malcolm Newsome [00:15:50]:
I think the reality is I probably would not have done it very well had it not been for a couple of really good folks That I had in my life. And because, let’s face it, one of the things about our society is that most of us are taught as men To just like, you gotta move forward. You gotta take care of everything. You gotta make sure the family’s good. You gotta make sure there’s a sort of sentiment that, at least, I grew up with That that you don’t you don’t buckle under pressure. You just need to keep going. Right? And I think, at least in my experience personally and my experience talking with other men, is that they’ve Felt similarly and that it’s almost this sort of sentiment that we grew up with that there’s no time for grieving. You gotta push through and be the support, And like I said, fortunately, it worked out for me in that the job I had at the time, the woman who was running our HR, I let her know because, you know, I go into work, and I’m like, alright.
Malcolm Newsome [00:16:50]:
This is what’s happening. I need a little bit of time off here, and She recognized correctly, and she asked me if she could connect me with another guy who at the company who had experienced Loss as well. And she got my approval for that. I said, sure. Yeah. I’m happy to check with him and see if he’s willing to share all this. And So almost right away, I had another male and somebody that I respected and trusted that I could connect with. He provided resources.
Malcolm Newsome [00:17:21]:
He he was a sounding board. He was somebody that I could talk to, connect with. And so I felt like I was kinda lucky in that regard Because it’s so much the norm that, to your point, men are sort of left out of the equation even today that Men are sort of forgotten about. No one really checks on them, see how you’re doing, etcetera, etcetera. But, yes, my experience was kind of, In many ways, the opposite of that, in that I had the I had the good fortune of connecting with this, another man who had dealt with it, and he checked in on me for For some length of time, and that was a beautiful thing.
Christopher Lewis [00:17:58]:
Now as you and your wife were grieving, you’re also a family. And as parents, You’re grieving the loss of your child, but you’re also parenting your other kids. And they may or may not understand what’s going on Depending on how much they knew about the pregnancy upfront. So talk a little bit about that. So talk a little bit about that And how you and your wife had to help your kids process this. And it might be that it was this book that helped you process and help them to be able to understand what was going on. But how did you deal with this And help your kids through that loss.
Malcolm Newsome [00:18:38]:
It was one of those things that we did the best we could because we went Looking for resources, and there were none in terms of how do you address this with kids. None that we found anyway. And The the the the sort of the premise of the book is taken exactly from that experience of us sharing With our young boys at the time, they had been asking for a new sibling. As a part of their Christmas gifts That year, let them know, like, that’s how we announced it to them, was on Christmas. And Then we fast forward, you know, about a month, and that’s when the loss occurred. And so now we had to we it was basically, like, taking we had to, like, Take their Christmas gift back. And so the conversation is hard on its own, but when you layer it When you layer on that sort of excitement that we had built up, that additional excitement, there was no playbook for us. There was no playbook, and that set the stage for the premise or plot of this book of, hey, child’s excited, And then all of a sudden, we’ve gotta break the news to them.
Christopher Lewis [00:19:53]:
Now you also mentioned that you found resources for yourself, some of which had been shared with you from your colleague at your work. I’m sure there were some other resources that your wife found for herself. Were some of the most beneficial resources that you found for your wife, for your kids, for you that existed and maybe still exist?
Malcolm Newsome [00:20:14]:
You know, the funny thing is I don’t remember the titles, and largely because they were not resources for me. They were mostly resources for my wife that I kind of read bits and pieces of. And the biggest help for me at that point in time was The connection with this other guy that we got a chance to talk through it. But, yeah, the unfortunately, I don’t remember titles, all that. It ended up being this thing where I had to for me, it was the conversation. And then just for me, it was Recognizing that I needed to process, and I remember making a very intentional decision to Not push it down, but to really sort of work my way through it mentally to keep it there and to Try to figure out, okay, what what are my big struggles here? And, again, that came out through the conversations. So While I would not call it therapy, it sort of filled that void, or I suppose helped in a way that, like, therapy would.
Christopher Lewis [00:21:19]:
Now I mentioned at the beginning of this book that you have a new book coming out called Sydney’s Big speech, and that book, as you told me, is very tied into being a dad to a daughter. Tell me more about the book, and what What made you decide to move into another children’s book in a completely different topic?
Malcolm Newsome [00:21:37]:
What folks will probably see of me as they follow my kind of publishing journey is that many of my early books are sort of like family, daddy daughter sort of themed, or at least There’s these sort of there’s these sort of overlays between, like, the dad and daughter relationship, and that’s coming out of a couple places. That’s coming out of this, My love for children, that’s coming on my love for family and especially being a girl dad, but they’re also still young. My youngest Right now I was 4, and I learned early that the time that it takes to publish a picture book from from when that book is acquired is typically about 2 years. And so a lot of my early inspiration or that first story well, motivation for For even pursuing publishing in the 1st place was that I wanted my kids to have I wanted my kids to have access to some things that I’ve That felt like was not entering the world and probably would never enter the world. And so I’m kind of writing for them, but I’m writing also for Those that might be similar to them in some ways, or I’m writing for this sort of projection of what if They are this way. What sort of message do I wanna leave for them? And that was Sydney’s big speech. That’s where Sydney’s big speech came from. It came from this place of Girls, especially black girls, tend to be put into this place of, like the Stereotype is that typically they’re loud, boisterous, and then from there, there’s a sort of Projection in terms of what they might do in their lives.
Malcolm Newsome [00:23:22]:
This is a societal kind of thing that I’m speaking to. I wanted to cut through that, And I grew up with and around, like, my mom and my sister, for example, that were not boisterous. They were very quiet, Much more introverted, but yet they’d still did phenomenal things, and I wanted to show that. And also the backdrop, I’m thinking I don’t know what my daughters are gonna be like. I don’t know if they’re gonna be more quiet or introverted or if they will struggle with public speaking or anything like that. So on the chance that they do, I want them to have this story. And that’s effectively what the story is about. It is Sydney who is, on her 1st day of school.
Malcolm Newsome [00:24:09]:
She needs to stand up and introduce herself. She freezes, and the words won’t come out. Right? And so then the story then becomes about she gets she gets this assignment to give a speech, And the story then becomes about her process of, like, she knows what she wants to say, but will she be able to say the things That she really wants to say, and they’re very big things. Where where the dad part comes in is She and her dad have this special bond, and he’s the one who encourages encourages her and presents her with some famous luminaries and shows them their speeches. These are speeches from Carol Moseley Braun, Condoleezza Rice, Shirley Chisholm and vice president Kamala Harris. So it’s a way of taking inspiration from These phenomenal black women who have transcended who have left marks indelible marks on America’s history, but along the way, they They sort of also had to overcome certain things as well. So that’s the premise, and we don’t see other parts of their They’re family in this. It’s really just Sydney and her dad and the special relationship that they have.
Christopher Lewis [00:25:34]:
Love the concept. Love the perspective as well. One of the things that I wonder when I think about this is for this book as well as your previous book. You have your own sounding board right there at home to share the stories with. What kind of response have you gotten in from your kids For both of the stories that you are putting out into the world.
Malcolm Newsome [00:25:57]:
Some stories I share with them and some I don’t. The Dear Star Baby, I did not share with them while it was in development, but I did share it with them after we got the physical copies. And This was very instrumental for my older daughter because we also had not really talked to her about miscarriage and about our the loss of the children that we had. And so this was also Her first introduction to pregnancy loss and the reality that she’s got some siblings in the stars. And the way that she experienced the book, internalized it, and then would Talk about it would bring me to tears because it’s like, okay, she got it. And I remember one moment where we were leaving a restaurant, and this was After I had the book maybe for about a month or so, and I had to read read the story to her several times. But We’re leaving a restaurant. She points up to a star in the sky, and she’s like, that’s our star baby right there.
Malcolm Newsome [00:27:04]:
And I was like, oh, man. Like, you almost took me out. You know? Like, I was almost out for the count right there, but so that was Amazing. Sydney’s big speech, this is another one that I know I shared it with them. Once I got the the digital work, I did read it to them, and they enjoyed it. I think it’s also gonna be one that when they have that book in their hands, they’ll be able to experience it in a different way. Kids oftentimes are very tactile, so it’s a little bit different, like, when you’re reading something on a screen versus holding in the hands, and they can flip through it and they Take time and point to the thing and all that. But a part of this experience that they don’t really know and that I’ll be able to share with them is that in my early drafts of writing this story, I would I would be holding 1 of them or 2 of them, whatever, would be, like, in my lap doing whatever, watching TV or whatever, and I’m, like, drafting it on my phone While I’m with them and so there was one moment in particular with my youngest who was still an infant at the time where I’m, like, holding her in my lap, and this was the very 1st draft.
Malcolm Newsome [00:28:17]:
I finished the story. It’s like the last line, and I just start weeping, sobbing. And this is not something that she’ll remember necessarily because she was an infant at the time, but that’s how much the story meant to me. And this is now a sort of legacy that I’ll be able to share with her because I was thinking of her As I was writing this, every line was for them, and that conclusion was like, okay. There it is. And I can’t wait to share that story with them, like, when we get the physical copies, and then I read it to them.
Christopher Lewis [00:28:55]:
Oh, this book sounds like a book that is definitely going to be a special one for the family. I appreciate you sharing that. And I look forward to seeing the new book hitting the shelves and being able to encourage others to read this for their families, for their kids, Because I know it’s going to help them in many different ways. Now we always finish our interviews with what I like to call our fatherhood five, where I ask you 5 more questions to delve deeper into you as a Dad, are you ready?
Malcolm Newsome [00:29:23]:
Alright. I’m ready.
Christopher Lewis [00:29:24]:
In one word, what is fatherhood? Love. When was the time that you finally felt like you succeeded at being a father to a daughter? Haven’t. Now if I was to talk to your kids, how would they describe you as a dad? Silly. Who inspires you to be a better dad?
Malcolm Newsome [00:29:41]:
My dad.
Christopher Lewis [00:29:42]:
Now you’ve given a number of pieces of advice, number of things that you’ve learned along the way. As you think about all dads out there, What’s one thing that you’d want to leave with every dad?
Malcolm Newsome [00:29:54]:
I think probably 2 things come to mind, and that is the first is I believe what our families need the most from us is the real, True vulnerable us, and when we show up that way, they get to see our love, our passion, But they also get to see where we struggle. They also get to see our fears, those sorts of things. Patience is another thing that I’m kind of I feel like I’m constantly working on, but that I encourage and exhort other males just patience, especially with young kids. Well, all kids, Patient. And then the 3rd is pursue wisdom, and the reason why I say that is because Our world is loaded with so much. Our perceptions have been shaped, you know, really by the world mostly, right, our society. And The only way that I think we can really combat that is to spend time with that and, like, dissect. Okay.
Malcolm Newsome [00:30:56]:
Where did this come from? Does this have to be true? Does this have to be true of my children or my family And all that. And so that, I think, comes from pursuing wisdom.
Christopher Lewis [00:31:06]:
Malcolm, I just want to say thank you for sharing what you’ve shared today, for putting it out there. If people wanna find out more about you, where’s the best place for them to go?
Malcolm Newsome [00:31:16]:
You can find me on most of the socials, primarily Instagram And now threads. I’m not as active on x, but you can also and that’s just Malcolm Newsom at any of those, malcolm.newsom. I also have a website, malcolmnewsom.com, which is also very easy to find me there. And If nothing else, then you could either Google Dear Star Baby or Sydney’s Big Speech, and you’ll find me as a result of those. And I should mention too that Sydney’s Big Speech will be out will officially release in February, but presales Are available now anywhere books are sold.
Christopher Lewis [00:31:57]:
Again, I just wanna say thank you. Thank you for being here, for sharing all that you’ve gone through as a father, And I wish you all the best.
Malcolm Newsome [00:32:04]:
Alright. Thank you. Thank you for having me.
Christopher Lewis [00:32:06]:
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Christopher Lewis [00:32:55]:
We look forward to having you back for another great guest next week, all geared to helping you raise strong, empowered daughters and be the best dad that you can be.
Malcolm Newsome [00:33:04]:
We’re all in the same boat, and it’s full of tiny passengers. We spend the time. We give the lessons. We make the meals. Astronauts and firemen, carpenters, and musclemen. Get out and be
