Adversity to Advantage
Adversity to Advantage
Petra Velzeboer
19: How to be the Role Model you never had with Nelson Rodrigues
49 minutes Posted Feb 19, 2018 at 7:16 am.
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What a privilege to interview the passionate Nelson Rodrigues, the founder of Father's Nation,  who was determined to break the cycle of uninvolved fathers and teach other men to be the role model they never had growing up. 
Nelson believes that masculinity needs to adapt to suit new times and men who don't evolve can end up suicidal if they don't let their voice be heard and learn a new way of being. Growing up in a traditional household with lots of siblings and a father away working, he moved to the UK at 16, leaving both is twin sister and his mother at home. Nelson himself was suicidal in his early 20s as he struggled to find his way and the only thing that helped was talking to one of his sisters one drunk night and realising that was the first step to moving his life forward.  His message is for men to reach out and ask for help.