The Unhinged Father

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Welcome to The Unhinged Father — also known as TUF — a podcast for anyone who loves their kids but isn’t going to pretend it’s easy. And honestly, even if you don’t have kids, stick around — because this show is really about something bigger than parenting. I’m Robbie. Dad of three, husband, and someone who figured out that the best way to get through the chaos of modern life is to stop pretending you have it together and start talking honestly about what it actually looks like. Every week I bring real, unfiltered conversations on fatherhood, parenting, mental health, personal development, mas...

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The Unhinged Father

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My Son Couldn't Breathe and I Couldn't Fix It. What Fear Actually Feels Like as a Dad. 10.07.2024 15:16

His youngest got sick the night of the Fourth of July. Croupy cough turned into a real respiratory issue — urgent care, breathing treatments, oxygen monitoring. Holding his son in his arms and feeling that labored breathing going in and out of him, Robbie couldn't control it. Couldn't fix it. Could just be there. For someone who is wired to be the protector — the one who handles things —...

I'm Still Proud to Be an American. My Definition of What That Means Has Changed Completely. 04.07.2024 16:53

Happy Fourth of July. Robbie grew up believing America was unambiguously the greatest country in the world. He's still proud to live here. But the rose-colored glasses came off somewhere along the way — between watching a debate that made him genuinely concerned for the country, having kids who could one day be drafted into a war he doesn't believe in, and watching political theater repl...

Old School Said Suck It Up. New School Says Give Yourself Grace. I Think You Need Both — and Here's Where the Line Is. 27.06.2024 20:17

Robbie is genuinely somewhere in the middle on this one. He believes in grace, self-compassion, and acknowledging that parenting is hard. He also gets annoyed when he sees a five-minute Instagram video of a parent melting down because their kid said no. Both things are true at the same time and this episode is his honest attempt to figure out where the line actually is. This is also the episode wh...