Monday
The Lesson
A twenty-five minute written lesson and a fifteen minute audio companion from the coaching team. Read it Sunday night, listen on the drive to work, keep the margin notes in your Method journal.
Issue No. 12 · The Father Todd Quarterly
The 12-Week Method
A repeatable system, taught week by week, for the half-hour a father actually has — written out of twenty-two years of pastoral counseling in Franklin, Tennessee.
Apply For The Next CohortThe Curriculum
Twelve weeks. Four chapters. One settled father at the end.
The Method is not a checklist of tips. It is a four-part arc — Foundations, The Daily Half-Hour, Repair & Reset, and The Long Game — taught over twelve consecutive weeks, with a coaching call on the seventh day of every week.
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01 — 03
Chapter I · Foundations
Weeks one through three rebuild the father's inner posture: naming the man he is now, the man his son watches, and the half-hour that belongs to him alone. Includes the inventory exercise and the family-rule audit.
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04 — 06
Chapter II · The Daily Half-Hour
Weeks four through six install the 30-Minute Father Framework — the same repeatable window used by 11,400+ fathers. Practical rhythm: arrival, presence, conversation prompt, blessing, close.
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07 — 09
Chapter III · Repair & Reset
Weeks seven through nine teach the father how to recover quickly after a hard day, a hard word, or a hard week. Conflict repair, apology scripts, and the weekly reset conversation are introduced here.
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10 — 12
Chapter IV · The Long Game
Weeks ten through twelve turn the half-hour into a steady practice that outlasts the cohort. Fathers leave with a written family constitution, a 90-day continuation plan, and an alumni channel for life.
By the numbers
A track record, written in four figures.
- 92% Completion rate across 18 cohorts of the 12-week Method
- 11,400+ Active fathers across 38 countries
- 2,600+ Institutional partners — churches, school districts, men's ministries
- 3.4× Average increase in weekly one-on-one time with his son in 30 days
What lands each week
Four things arrive in your week. Every week. Same day, same order.
No filler modules, no surprise upsells, no eighteen-email welcome sequences. By Sunday evening you know what the next seven days will look like — and so does your son.
Wednesday
The Coaching Call
A live, ninety-minute group call with the seven-person coaching team. Bring the hard week, the stuck week, the good week. Faculty includes three licensed family therapists and a former NFL team chaplain.
Friday
The Family Activity
One structured activity to run at home with your son that week — a kitchen-table project, a walk-and-talk prompt, a letter-writing ritual. Designed to fit inside the thirty-minute window after dinner.
Saturday
The Conversation Prompt
A single open-ended question, written by your faculty advisor, sent to your inbox Saturday morning. The question is meant for the breakfast table, the carpool line, or the back porch — wherever your half-hour lives.
A father's account
I came in thinking I'd find a list. What I found was a room — first the coaching calls, then our kitchen. By week six my eleven-year-old was setting the timer himself. By week nine my wife asked what had changed. I told her the truth: nothing dramatic. Just the same half-hour, kept.
Cohort 19 · Spring 2026
Apply for the next cohort.
A short application — ten questions, ten minutes — so the faculty can confirm fit before you pay. The next cohort opens March 4, 2026, closes February 18, and is capped at 40 fathers.
- Tuition$497 · payable in two installments
- Commitment30 minutes a day, 1 call a week, 12 weeks
- CurriculumAligned with National Fatherhood Initiative standards
- After the cohortAlumni channel, faculty office hours, continuation curriculum
Not sure yet? Read the framework or skim the founder's letter. The application is short either way.