DOD10: Max's First Day of Camp!
Eli is a complete mess since he's left his son at daycare/school for the first time. We all talk about our experiences with that and the guilt (or not!) involved. Other topics - did we have daycare as kids? Tom being shafted by the 80s school system, and kids normalizing things. Make sure to get on the $2 patron level for the July Bonus! It's our hilarious parenting fails, and it was so much fun! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
29 Jul 202250min
DOD9: What's the Line Between Advocating for Your Kid and Being an Asshole?
This episode is a delightful romp! A series of vignettes about our dadding experience, including: there's always that one asshole kid; Eli doing magic tricks for other parents; how much 'being an asshole' for your kid is appropriate; what do you do with a kid who won't wear clothes; and whoops! atheism. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
22 Jul 202253min
QnA 1!
You had questions, we've got way long winded and meandering answers! Questions we answered: Matt - For Tom and Thomas (but not Eli, as far as I know), how did you break the news of impending progeny to your elder kids, and how did they & you handle it? Anything you'd change? TIM - For those with children under 5, will you get them vaccinated asap with the newly approved c19 vax for kids? Amanda - If you could no longer coparent with your spouse, but instead had to choose one of your co-hosts to raise your children with. Whom(st) do you choose as your new parenting partner? MutatedWisdom ツ - How willing or unwilling are you to let your kids watch/play things that might be a little too violent or 'mature' for them? And what was the situation with that in your own household growing up? And then definitely... more... we must have answered like a ton more but they got lost in the mail... Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
19 Jul 20221h 7min
DOD8: What’s a Healthy Masculinity? or Do We Even Need the Concept?
At long last, we've finally devoted an episode to masculinity. How do we fix the terrible, emotionally stunted men in our society? What does it mean to be a good man and is it different than just being a good person? Also what kind of dudes are we? Who is the manliest man among us dad dudes? For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
15 Jul 20221h 4min
DOD7: When Attachment Takes Time
What do you title the episode that has everything? This is a very special episode involving a very special announcement. But it also has so much more. Some ridiculous golf talk; does having more kids make you a worse parent; kids asking great questions and teaching each other; how we knew nothing back in the day; a story of heartbreak that teaches a life lesson; and what if you don't immediately feel attachment to your baby? So much here. Truly, do not miss this one. Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
8 Jul 20221h 1min
DOD6: How Much Privacy Should Our Kids Have?
After discussing sleep and how our kids ruined ours for a while, we move onto the main topic of the day: privacy. Should kids have locked doors? Their own phones? Should you turn over your kid's room in random intervals like they live in a prison? Should you literally monitor every single device they're on 24/7? Or maybe should they get to be kinda like people? No one can say for sure. Except us. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
1 Jul 202250min
DOD5: Are We Spoiling Our Kids?
In today's Amazon-cheap-plastic-crap-everywhere world, it's so easy to spoil our kids. Before we know it, toys all over the place they don't even care about. Or is that just me? Either way, the dads talk about it, how they were spoiled or not, and how many books is too many! Has Eli ever ridden a bike? Find out! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
24 Jun 20221h 3min
DOD4: Father's Day! That's Us! We're Fathers!
For this Father's Day Special, we talk about our plans, gift giving, other nonsense. Tantrums about nothing. Kids and heroin. ADHD. And we all say something nice about our dads, and then give our proudest dad moments. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads Facebook Page: Dear Old Dads on Facebook Instagram: Dear Old Dads on Insta TikTok: @DearOldDads
17 Jun 20221h 1min
