Fearless Fathers

Have you ever thought about how Father's Day originated? Has it always been the commercialized holiday it's always been? Do other countries celebrate the same way that we do here in America?    DaveO and Ryan dug up the archives and found the lost 2020 Father's Day episode that was never released (and not recorded in 2021). We'll talk about the history of Father's Day in the U.S, how it was origin...

As we gear up for our 100th episode, we are brining it back to one of OUR FIRST EVER EPISODES. After this week, we will go back to newer material.    We discussed the benefits of taking parental leave after your child is born, and how that can help shape a stronger family dynamic. We share our thoughts, data of dads that take parental leave, and more. 

The Fearless Fathers are taking a week off (not by choice). Since the weather is starting to heat up, and the world opens again, we decided it might be a great time to go back to an episode we did a few months back. Original description below: Today Dave-O and Ryan talk about family vacations, and when is it the right time to take one? We talk mainly about Disney vacations, and how old is the righ...

On the podcast, we tend to dive into the mental aspects of being a father. Rarely have we discussed what physical aspects and disabilities could do to dads. So, we decided to pull back another layer into our lives. DaveO is speaking about his life fighting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, running a business, and being a full-time stay-at-home dad.   Learn more about CFS/ME: http...

Kids love to put random 4-week old chicken nuggets in their mouths, right? So taking care of our kid's teeth should be easy, right? Right?!    Well, that's not always the case, sadly. Oral health for our little ones is crucial to having a healthy mouth and teeth well into adulthood. Having the routine and making it something that kids want to do seems like a wish?    The American Dental Associatio...

When you have a kid, a lot of things change! Your house flips (for the good), your thoughts, ideas, and beliefs may shift. Your biology changes (Like we talked about a few weeks ago). But.. What happens when you change? Change is inevitable, right? You spent your whole life making who you are. It doesn't feel right to just forget everything you were and be a new man, does it? We discuss changes in...

Urban Dictionary defines the "Social Media Dad" as: "When a father is only in their  child's  life on social media and not in the real world. Posting pictures of  his kids  that  his baby mama had to send to him because he never sees them." (Webster apparently doesn't notice this as a real definition. Whatever Webster....Nerd)   Dave and Ryan share their thoughts on that definition and what it rea...

You know that tingling, uneasy feeling you get after having a kid? No, it's not touching yourself, it's the one where you feel weak, emotional, just "not right"? Well, that's NORMAL! Having a kid is a BIG change in every parent's life. Mother goes through the biggest of these changes *you know forming the kid and all*, but you have biological changes in you as well.  It's reported that about 26% o...

I'd like to apologize for not getting a full episode out this week, but life happened. We have some great topics coming up in the next couple of week!!!! The Fearless Fathers Dropped A course!  That's right, we teamed up with the awesome people over at listenable.io and released our FIRST COURSE! "The New Father's Survival Guide: Breaking the Stigma of New Fatherhood". Be some of the first to list...

Today Ryan start the discussion about how your body and mind start to change after becoming a father. This will be the intro to a new mini series. https://www.livescience.com/46322-fatherhood-changes-brain.html#:~:text=Dads%20experience%20hormonal%20changes%2C%20too&text=Contact%20with%20the%20mother%20and,of%20oxytocin%2C%20the%20researchers%20said.

Today, we're digging deep into actually being there for your children. The world has shifted, and we need to as well. We work to put food on the table. We drag ourselves with busted knees, and bloody fingers to sacrifice ourselves for our family. That's what we have been conditioned to do. That's what we are told we have to do! That's just far from the truth. When we finally are home, and with our...

We've all seen the memes on social media. The nine-box lawful, neutral chaotic charts about x,y,z. They give us a laugh, and we find ourselves in them. They are normally used for Dungeons and Dragons character development, but today we're using them for parenthood. The joy of having a toddler is purely chaotic...but in a good way.  Dave and Ryan discuss the alignment chart, and how it relates to y...

Today, Dave and Ryan are talking about the stigma of guy’s crying. This has been a long time stigma of guys not being allowed to truly express themselves. We are perceived as weak, unmanly and not strong enough. We are breaking that today. Follow us on Twitch at:  twitch.tv/fearlessfathers Join our Facebook Group:  facebook.com/groups/fatherspodcast Donate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate?host...

We hope you, our Fearless Family had a great weekend! Today on the Fearless Fathers Podcast, Dave O shares his thoughts on Persistence and what that word means in fatherhood. He goes over the good and bad of the word, why it's one of the best tools to have, and not allowing others to halt you. When being persistent, it's easy to fall short of a goal. The road gets tough, it's harder to move. When...

It's so common, yet unknown.   It's been taboo since the beginning of time, and yet 6% of children and 4% of adults are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. Today, Dave and Ryan are sharing their thoughts and stories about ADD and ADHD. How these two diagnoses were lumped into one, the effects it has on dads who have the disorder(s), the battle of tapioca pudding, and Dave shares a story and rant about these....

Today, Ryan (Not Dave for once. He finally got Ryan to do some work.) will be taking over the mic solo. Ryan shares his thoughts about being a father working the dark, cold, sometimes never-ending world of night shift work. Being night shift has its advantages and disadvantages. It's something that doesn't get talked about how it can affect the everyday dad. The times you feel you're missing with...

Today, we’re doing a Valentine's Day Special. Since we decided to record on V-Day, what better than to talk about the expectations and reality of this holiday. We share our ideas, thoughts, and understanding of what this holiday means for you, your spouse, and your children.   Ryan and Dave both share current and past stories of celebrating the holiday, and how that has changed since becoming dads...

It’s something around us all the time. It’s never talked about. We see it as taboo, rude, private. How is something like money, which is all around us, considered taboo? Why is it we as parents look at money, have a hard time keeping money, and have money worries, but never want to talk about it with other parents? That’s what we want to dig into today. This is an extension of Dave’s Money Mindset...

You're asked by a family member at a young age "Are you going to be a daddy one day?" You exclaim excitedly, "YEAH!" thinking about the time you get to raise your own little one.  Or, you grew up with an understanding of uncertainty that you would even make a good, let alone a great father. We as dads have all had similar conversations in our own minds about this topic.  Today, Dave goes through h...

In today's world of weird stock market growth, money moving in and out, and everyone wanting to get rich quick, Dave O decided to run this episode today. Why is it we continue to think of money as the "root of all evil"? What if we looked at "money comes to me fluid and free". Money is just like Switzerland.  It's neutral. It's a tangible object that we've given the power to. What if we could chan...

What do you think of when you hear the words "Super Dad"? Is it someone who can do it all? A father that has it all figured out? Indestructible and a shining example of what we want to become? In one way or another, we all feel like we are a super dad. We fly high, nothing can beat us. Then our villain shows up. They blast us out of the sky. We lose all hope. We can't move any further.  We all hav...

Today, Dave talks with EJ Kaku, the owner of the online fitness coaching business "EJ Fitness". EJ has been coaching now for a little over 3 years to help other people reach their goals for fitness and nutrition. EJ specializes with those who has disabling conditions or make it hard to keep on a fitness routine.  EJ is the father of 4 wonderful children, works full time, and is an Air Force vetera...

Just a quick update and Ryan rants about home improvements.

You know them when you see them, they are the hobbies the “old heads” do that are just so dang cool. From model trains, planes, and automobiles they are there for a place of solitude and seclusion. We share our thoughts, experiences, and wonder if Australia is a real country. We are hosting a Fearless Fathers giveaway! Win yourself a $25 Amazon gift card, and a super-duper cool Fearless Fathers Fa...

Dave and Ryan talk about how they deal with current events them may effect them negatively and way to tune out all the noise.