What happens when giving your child the opportunities you never had starts putting your relationship at risk?

Craig Young, father of NFL quarterback Bryce Young and author of Growing Up Young: One Family’s Faith Journey to the NFL, joins Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, Greg Mathis Jr. and Amir Mathis to discuss the difference between supporting a child and taking over their dream.

Craig describes the childhood experiences that shaped his parenting, the warning from his wife, Julie, and the work of rebuilding trust with Bryce. Amir shares how athletic expectations affected his sense of approval from his father, while Linda and Judge compare their approaches to giving their children independence.

The conversation also covers stepping back as children become adults, finding time for emotional connection, and making space for both faith and professional counseling. Along the way, the family revisits Greg Jr.’s basketball mishap and Judge admits exactly what he read before the interview.

An honest conversation about wanting the best for your children without deciding their lives for them.

What happens when giving your child the opportunities you never had starts putting your relationship at risk?
Craig Young, father of NFL quarterback Bryce Young and author of Growing Up Young: One Family&rsquo;s Faith Journey to the NFL, joins Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, Greg Mathis Jr. and Amir Mathis to discuss the difference between supporting a child and taking over their dream.
Craig describes the childhood experiences that shaped his parenting, the warning from his wife, Julie, and the work of rebuilding trust with Bryce. Amir shares how athletic expectations affected his sense of approval from his father, while Linda and Judge compare their approaches to giving their children independence.
The conversation also covers stepping back as children become adults, finding time for emotional connection, and making space for both faith and professional counseling. Along the way, the family revisits Greg Jr.&rsquo;s basketball mishap and Judge admits exactly what he read before the interview.
An honest conversation about wanting the best for your children without deciding their lives for them.

Judge Mathis is used to giving the verdict. At home, everybody gets a say.

On Mathis Family Talks, Judge Greg Mathis and Linda Mathis are joined by their adult children, spouses, and guests for the honest, funny, and sometimes heated conversations families usually save for the group chat, the kitchen table, or the ride home.

Rooted in Detroit and shaped by life in the public eye, the Mathises get into the issues beneath modern Black family life: marriage, parenting, money, mental health, identity, code-switching, success, privacy, and the complicated line between helping the people you love and trying to control them. Every generation brings a different truth, and nobody is above being challenged—not even the Judge.

This is not a perfect family performing perfection. It is a loving, accomplished, opinionated family telling real stories, owning what they got wrong, laughing through the tension, and turning disagreement into something listeners can use in their own lives.

Come for the strong opinions. Stay for the heart and the humor.

From our couch to yours.

Judge Mathis is used to giving the verdict. At home, everybody gets a say.
On Mathis Family Talks, Judge Greg Mathis and Linda Mathis are joined by their adult children, spouses, and guests for the honest, funny, and sometimes heated conversations families usually save for the group chat, the kitchen table, or the ride home.
Rooted in Detroit and shaped by life in the public eye, the Mathises get into the issues beneath modern Black family life: marriage, parenting, money, mental health, identity, code-switching, success, privacy, and the complicated line between helping the people you love and trying to control them. Every generation brings a different truth, and nobody is above being challenged&mdash;not even the Judge.
This is not a perfect family performing perfection. It is a loving, accomplished, opinionated family telling real stories, owning what they got wrong, laughing through the tension, and turning disagreement into something listeners can use in their own lives.
Come for the strong opinions. Stay for the heart and the humor.
From our couch to yours.

Mathis Family Talks

Raising Bryce Young: Craig Young on Pressure and Fatherhood | Ep. 18

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