Dear Old Dads

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 ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon ! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearoldd...

Finally, we're getting to nice guys and the friend zone!!! wait no what happened DAMN IT 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...

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 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...

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 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon ! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dear...

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 to their causes?   For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon ! Join the Facebook G...

After a lot of highly relatable observational dad comedy about our kids and wives, we move onto Eli's baby medicine madness. Some stuff you can't give your baby at all, some you can't give until a certain age, and some has only recently been found to not do anything. From there we swap ER visit stories. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledg...

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 to rush to alleviate that. Also, SPORTS TALK! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on pat...

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 bonus conversation only for patrons at the end! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on pat...

***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 dropping off his kid wrong. But beyond that, there's a ton of good and hilarious stuff in this episode that you do not want to miss! Join the Facebook G...

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 buttons?  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.co...

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 stories and we each had a completely different experience. Hilarity ensues! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the norm...

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 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...

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 ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon ! Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads....

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 outdated concept that needs to die or is it a very charming, flattering behavior? Find out the absolutely 100% black and white answers to all these questio...

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 small comfort? Look forward to next week when we broaden the discussion to chivalry at large! For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week...

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!...

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 pledg...

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? T I M - For those with children under 5, will you get them vaccinated asap with the newly approved c19 vax for kids? Amanda...

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 patreo...

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 f...

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....

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...

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, e...

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 bullied an entire school. For extended episodes, bonus content, AND to be 1 week ahead of the normies, make sure to pledge on patreon ! For comments, em...

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 thing. And we continue the theme of "is Tom's dad Hitler?" and "is Eli's dad Jesus?" But first, SOME LAWN TALK For extended episodes, bonus content,...