All Pro Dad Podcast

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! If he wasn’t an expert in how to handle success and failure before 2023, Florida State Head Football Coach Mike Norvell knows now. His FSU team finished the regular season a perfect 13-0, was passed over for a College Football Playoff appearanc...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Grocery store tantrums. Refusing to follow directions. The list of ways kids act out goes on and on. Acting out is how kids test their limits, learn their voice, and, in a way, mature. But it can be incredibly frustrating for parents to see the...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Dads love to hold the TV remote. When that little device is in our hands, we can flip on any channel we want. We hold the power! But kids don’t come with a remote. They are actually really tough to control, as much as we try. Does parenting som...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Think back to when you were a kid. Did you stuff your emotions down? Did you let them all hang out? Parenting can be a wild ride, especially if your kids’ emotions are constantly changing. Dads need to prepare for the highs, lows, twists, and t...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! NFL veteran and ESPN football analyst Dan Orlovsky has triplet boys and one daughter. He asked one of his sons what he could do better as a sports parent. The answer? “Get out of the way.” Too often we get so involved in our kids’ activities th...

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We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Think about aiming for but barely missing a target far in the distance. You don’t need to drastically shift your focus. Slight adjustments will get you back on the mark. The same approach can work in marriage. Ted Lowe, Bobby Lewis, and Buck Bu...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! If your son or daughter walks into the room with a bloody nose, we should spring into action! Our kids clearly need us when they are injured. But there are plenty of not-so-obvious times when our kids need us to drop everything for them, too. T...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Ever step on a LEGO? It feels like a sniper got you from the rooftop. It hurts even more if you asked your kids to put them away 50 times and they didn’t. So, what happens? Usually, we get angry, even if we don’t want to. On today’s episode, Te...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! There is a difference between loving your kids and liking them. Both are important! Most kids believe they are loved by their parents. But, do they think they’re liked? Sometimes they test our patience. Dads manage meltdowns, muddy sneakers, an...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Empathy seems to be lacking in our world. In his song, The News , popular performer Jack Johnson sings, “Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die? At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their ey...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! We make mistakes all the time as parents. It never feels good, especially when feels have been hurt! We can beat ourselves up as dads worrying if we are messing up our kids, even if our intentions are pure. Sometimes, we mess up without even re...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Can you ride a unicycle? For how long? Sure, some guys can but most of us need a little extra support to keep from crashing. The same goes for parenting. You can try to ride it out solo, hoping for the best, but having supportive people in your...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Deciding between addressing kids’ mistakes in the moment or waiting for a better time in the future is a delicate balance. Figuring out when to discipline a child is crucial and can impact the father–child relationship tremendously. How do we f...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Humorist Richard Armour is credited with being the first person to use the phrase,  “hindsight is 20/20.” He used it in a California newspaper article in 1949. It felt true then and still does today. As a dad, how many times have you wished som...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! We all know the frustration of holding onto a grudge. Getting out from underneath it requires choosing forgiveness. It’s a powerful tool that allows us to work through conflict, free from the burden of anger and resentment. It’s a skill we must...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! As guys, we tend to be critical of ourselves from time to time. Introspection is a good thing, but getting too down on yourself can cause issues for you as a dad. Ted Lowe, Jason Hood, Buck Buchanan, and BJ Foster teach dads how to fight back a...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode!  If stung by a jellyfish, you can neutralize the pain by urinating on it. Not true. Humans lose most of their body heat through their heads. Not true.  There are plenty of lies out there that we believe. Which ones plague us as dads? Ted Lowe,...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! When we were little, monsters and aliens were terrifying. Now that we are parents, real-world troubles keep us up at night much more than Godzilla. Fear can be crippling or a motivator. Ted Lowe, BJ Foster, and Buck Buchanan dive into what scar...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode!  Kickball in the park. Ice cream on the porch. Having an epic snowball fight on Christmas morning. One of the best parts of being a dad is having fun with your kids, but not every day is a great one. Ted Lowe, Maddow Womble, BJ Foster, and Buck...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Dads mess up. Yours did. His did. You will, too. We can dwell on those missteps or consider all the things our dads got right. Ted Lowe, Bobby Lewis, and BJ Foster talk about how our upbringings shape us.    We are not going to pretend everyone...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Woodworking. Golf. Tinkering around under the hood of your old pickup truck. Whatever it is, dads enjoy “me time” just as much as moms. But, have you ever felt guilty about taking a few minutes to just get away by yourself? Ted Lowe, Bobby Lewi...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! Do you have secret desires? Things you wish people knew about you but you’re too nervous to verbalize? There’s a good chance your kids have those feelings, too. Ted Lowe, Jonathan Manke, Buck Buchanan, and BJ Foster uncover some of the deeply i...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode! The days of “cooties” and ignoring the opposite sex don’t last forever. Your son or daughter will eventually get their first crush, maybe write some love notes, and fall head over heels for someone they think is cute. They may even want to go o...

We would love to hear from you, follow this link to send us a message directly. Include a voice message and you might even be featured in a future episode!  When you were a kid, what did you want to do when you grew up? Play shortstop for the Yankees? Become an astronaut? A firefighter? Kids dream big dreams. Ted Lowe, Bobby Lewis, Buck Buchanan, and BJ Foster examine how to encourage our kids to...