DOD18: Should We Push Our Kids Through Discomfort?

DOD2: Your Kids Should Not Be Scared of You: This episode started off as a conversation about social media and the ethics of posting about our kids and pictures of our kids. Then, the conversation meandered to how we discipline our kids and how they aren't remotely afraid of us and that's a good... by Dear Old Dads

55 min listen

DOD17: Should We Make Our Kids Apologize?: Being able to apologize and understand when you are wrong is a critical component of being a good person. But when/how/why/where/what is a good apology? What's a bad one? Should we MAKE our kids apologize? So much good stuff here plus an EXTRA long... by Dear Old Dads

62 min listen

DOD12: Is Chivalry Infantilizing? Or Is It... Whatever the Opposite Is... Adulterating? That Can't Be It: It's part 2 about chivalry! Tom is a very chivalrous old fashioned dude and we love him for it. Eli is also kind of that. Thomas is... just not. Who is right? Is anyone right? What's the line between chivalrous and condescending? Is chivalry an... by Dear Old Dads

47 min listen

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... by Dear Old Dads

62 min listen

DOD1: Why Are We Like This? Get to Know the Dads: It's the inaugural dadisode! In this first episode, we all talk about our backgrounds. Why and how are we dads? Also how were we dadded as kids? We quickly find out that our upbringings spanned a very interesting range of great to shitty. Is Tom's dad... by Dear Old Dads

65 min listen

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... by Dear Old Dads

62 min listen

How Do You Know If You Should Have Kids?: It's QnA 2! How do you know if you should have kids? Or maybe you shouldn't? Do we love our partners as much as we love our kids? Can a single mom do dad stuff? So much good stuff, and one of the heartiest laughs we've ever had, are in this qna! For... by Dear Old Dads

56 min listen

DOD22: Death and Dads: Folks, we set about to record an episode on Nice Guys. We never got to the topic. Instead, we record one of the funniest Dear Old Dads ever and offer it to you as an extra episode. Nice Guys is rescheduled to sometime in the future. For extended... by Dear Old Dads

56 min listen

DOD3: How Do We Protect Our Kids From Bullies? Do We Still Need To?: Bullies: the one topic that might turn these progressive dads into cave men. But should it? Is the problem solved now? Should we hit our bully's dad with our car? Also what if our kids are the bullies? Learn more about our backstories, and how Eli... by Dear Old Dads

73 min listen

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?... by Dear Old Dads

65 min listen

DOD11: Should Chivalry Still Exist? Part 1: Get ready to judge one of the dads real hard. And it's not the one who almost murdered a baby... True story. How much should we dote on our wives/partners? Should we sacrifice for their comfort? What about when it's a really big sacrifice and a really... by Dear Old Dads

55 min listen

DOD15: Failure to Dad: Phoebe has started kindergarten and Thomas has failed to dad properly despite his best efforts. Also in case anyone forgot, Tom's mom killed a monkey. Also how do we deal with tantrums? How do we contain our anger when our kids really push our... by Dear Old Dads

64 min listen

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... by Dear Old Dads

64 min listen

QnA4: You Breadwinsome, You Breadlosesome: After answering what was definitely a patron question about hating talking on the phone, we go on to answer what was mega definitely a patron question about being worried about our kids being impoverished or us losing our jobs. Money talk! For... by Dear Old Dads

58 min listen

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?... by Dear Old Dads

51 min listen

DOD20: Kids and Internet Safety: How do we protect our kids from the far too prevalent online Nazi influence? Is it more about monitoring their behavior or trying to raise them in a way such that they won't be vulnerable to right ring influence? How do these bad actors recruit people... by Dear Old Dads

65 min listen

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,... by Dear Old Dads

50 min listen

DOD24: Mental Illness and Accountability: How should we deal with the fact that people who have caused us trauma clearly have issues of their own? What's the right balance of accountability, forgiveness, and willingness to cut people off? For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week... by Dear Old Dads

61 min listen

DOD16: Emergency Vasectosode: ***WARNING NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH. LOTS OF ELI SACK TALK. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED*** Lots of goings on among the dads. Eli's nutsack has been brutally attacked by Dick Seaman and he's got a story to tell. Meanwhile, Thomas is on the run from the law for... by Dear Old Dads

62 min listen

DOD25: Spookdadular!: It's an extra sode! Here at Dear Old Dads, Spooktaculars are mandatory. EXTREME TRIGGER WARNING we discuss vegetarianism for like 3 minutes in the beginning but past that is some really excellent Spooktacular content. For extended episodes, bonus... by Dear Old Dads

57 min listen

DOD26: The Friend Zone... NO REALLY: In today's episode we talk about sports! No just kidding we do actually get to the friend zone and it's actually a pretty real conversation I feel slightly anxious about but that's probably a good sign. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be... by Dear Old Dads

67 min listen

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... by Dear Old Dads

67 min listen

DOD32: Autonomy and Responsibility: Tom's got a theory and it makes a lot of sense! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to ! Join the Facebook Group! For comments, email Follow us on Twitter: Facebook Page: by Dear Old Dads

56 min listen

DOD13: On Giving Our Kids Money: If you were a bazillionaire and could make it such that your kids never had to work, would you? Or would you make them earn their way with gumption and elbow grease and such? The dads discuss. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week... by Dear Old Dads

66 min listen

DOD31: Strategic Incompetence: Not to be confused with pure old fashioned incompetence. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to ! Join the Facebook Group! For comments, email Follow us on Twitter: Facebook Page: by Dear Old Dads

66 min listen

DOD18: Should We Push Our Kids Through Discomfort?: Or should we immediately allow them to quit anything they want? It's an interesting question. Many of the things we now enjoy may have been things that were initially weird and anxiety inducing. But if we see our kids struggling, our impulse might be... by Dear Old Dads

66 min listen

DOD14: College? In This Economy?: Our parents were pretty much in the "you must go to college to get a good job!" generation. But how should we approach it with our kids? Is college valuable? Mandatory? But you absolutely must listen all the way, in the later half we swap science fair... by Dear Old Dads

63 min listen

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... by Dear Old Dads

53 min listen

DOD30: Toxic Self-Reliance: Where does it come from? Is it always bad? Did Tom's dad suck? For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to ! Join the Facebook Group! For comments, email Follow us on Twitter: Facebook Page: by Dear Old Dads

57 min listen

DOD21: School and Teachers: Bad teacher stories, good teacher stories, COVID education stories, absolutely batshit Eli teacher stories. Also is homework a good idea? Should we just let our kids not do it? So many good questions. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1... by Dear Old Dads

64 min listen

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