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Episode 149: The playground pirates known as bullies.  What should we teach our kids when someone tries to take their lunch money? Strike hard and strike fast? Work out a diplomatic solution? Tell the teacher? Run and Throw your lunch money behind you? All of these are viable options and the Top Dads discuss their parenting thoughts on the art of the bully.  Bonus Tip: The end is near... the Top D...

Episode 148: Four out of Five Dentists agree that the Top Dad's is the #1 parenting podcast for middle-aged dads in the Midwest. The Top Dads cover all things related to kid's teeth and how to care for them.  Bonus Tip: Does anyone know who Dentist number five is? TDK is looking for him. 🤬 Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please follow us on social media for grea...

Episode 147: The one with all the coaching, sleep number questions, and possibly some parenting tips about youth sports.   Bonus Tip: How to Uber Black the correct way. Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please follow us on social media for great Top Dad tips, tricks, jokes, and hacks. TopDadpod.com Want to help the show? The best way to help the Top Dad podcast is to share o...

Episode 146: After a long holiday weekend of family Olympics, playgrounds, gaming trucks and orbi fights... the Top Dads are ready for the work week to begin.  Oh and we eventually get back to the cliffhanger we ended the last episode on. Plus Top Dad Ken declares a presidential run in 2040.  Bonus Tip: What cereal would you choose to eat for the rest of your life???  Thank you for listening and t...

Episode 145: What do Indiana Jones and Bob Barker have in common? If you could be on any Game Show which one would you choose and why? Will Top Dad Ken get kicked out of another local business? Will Top Dad Matt win his battle against the sunken patio pavers? All this and more on the Top Dad podcast.  Bonus Tip: We are done with August! Find out why + the first cliffhanger in Top Dad history! Than...

Episode 144: The Top Dads take a trip down rage road and end up fondly remembering trips with grandparents, mini golf, Sportmart in downtown Chicago and 80's television Americana. No dads were injured during the recording of this parenting podcast.  Bonus Tip: What does a boat on top of a minivan sound like... don't worry we got you covered. Thank you for listening and taking this journe...

Episode 143: The Top Dads take on New York City and fair better than Kevin McAlister or at least the wet bandits. Time Square, The Statue of Liberty, Parks & Playgrounds, Central Park Zoo, and more street food than a kid could imagine. New York will never be the same after a TDM and TDK take over!  Bonus Tip: How much R rated stuff did the Top Kids see in NYC? Thank you for listening and takin...

Episode 142: Back to School shopping spree with the Top Dads! Rulers, pencils, erasers, and fancy AI calculators. Back to school shopping is a ploy by parents to ease our children into the new school year, and you know what it works!  Bonus Tip: Do you need a digital note-taking device... TDM gives you a full breakdown.  Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please follow us on...

Episode 141: Hanging out at the Mall was every kid's dream weekend in the '80s and 90's. Going to the food court, window shopping at KB Toys, trying to figure out what Sam Goody sold, eating pretzels or playing arcade games. There was no better place to hang out than the Mall.  Bonus Tip:  What is your favorite dipping sauce for a hot pretzel?  Thank you for listening and taking thi...

Episode 140: Tornado Warnings with the Top Dads. Plenty of bad weather in the Midwest this week, and what Dad doesn't like sitting on the front porch of his house looking at the sky telling his family "That doesn't look good."  Bonus Tip: What is the outer parts of the ear called? Don't worry Dr. Matt has a ear anatomy breakdown coming later in this episode.   Thank you fo...

Episode 139: Why the Internet is the best place in the world. I love the internet. Nowhere else on this great planet can you find so much pleasure and tomfoolery than on the internet.  Follow the Top Dad's down the rabbit hole of the internet, Benihana and a recap of the Fourth of July!  Bonus Tip: Over/Under how many High Noon's TDK drink on the 4th?  Thank you for listening and taking...

Episode 138: The Top Dads cover all the important fatherly topics: lawn care, the weather, kids' sporting events, drink choices this past weekend, a petting zoo, and one rant by TDK about old people in the emergency exit row of his airplane... yes his airplane.  Bonus Tip: The 1st rule of Vegas is you do not talk about Vegas.  Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please fo...

Episode 137:  What does a Top Dad do on Fathers Day? Watch the US Open? Go to Breakfast? Hit up the Mall? Playoff baseball games? Or get into a fight at the McDonald's play place. No matter what happens remember Dads it’s your day.   Bonus Tip: Star Wars X movie title announced! Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please follow us on social media for great Top Dad tips, t...

Episode 136: Celebrate everything about being a Dad with the Top Dads.    What to do for Father's Day 2023?  The TOP DAD guide to Father's Day (FD): What are the Top Dads doing for FD? Top Dad top gifts and where to buy them. A guide for purchasing a watch as a gift for the Dad in your life. What gifts not to get a Dad on Father's Day.  Plus the US Open and Double Nap opportunities....

Episode 135: School is out for the summer and summer hits so much differently now that it's our kids who are out of school. Who knew that these upcoming three months were so hard on parents... the Top Dad's knew and we are here to help you through the summer months with podcasting genius... funny comments... something to fill in the dead air while sitting in traffic on a Wednesday mornin...

Episode 134: Top Dad Matt has his last Old Man Soccer game.  Top Dad Ken decides between a Golf Simulator or a classic Pinball machine. Don't miss another episode of the Top Dad podcast where we cover the most important topics that a 2023 Father needs to know 🙃 Bonus Tip: What's the best thing about Mother's Day...? Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please fo...

Episode 133: Top Dad Matt heads to Colorado to celebrate a lifelong friend's 40th birthday party while Top Dad Ken stays at home and searches for the lost Goofy doll. A Top Dad's job may not be easy but it's definitely never boring.  Bonus Tip: What the heck is a Glacier... it's just a bunch of ice, right? Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please follow u...

Episode 132: How to drive like a Top Dad. The rules of the road are hard and fast, but sometimes simple etiquette takes a back seat. How fast is too fast? Where is ok to drive like Mario Andretti? Best practices for parking spots and who has first right of refusal. Do turning indicators matter? The Top Dads give a full breakdown of how to drive like a boss. Bonus Tip: Top Dads Ken at being "c...

Episode 130: I saw it on Twitter! Top Dad Matt spends the weekend with his new 40 year old wife, Top Dad Ken becomes a Soccer Coach and we weigh in on the finer points of parenting from things we saw on Twitter.  Bonus Tip: Enough is enough! I have had it with these monkey fighting kids on this Monday through Friday plane! Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please follow us o...

Episode 129: Top Dad Ken goes to the Masters!!! Even if you are not a golfer the Masters is an experience like no other.  Dads all across the world tune into the Masters on one Sunday in April to listen to their children complain about how boring golf can be.  This year, this Dad got to experience the Masters in person... even if just for a short period of time. Bonus Tip: Who wins the Top Dad bre...

Episode 128: When the kids are home from school sick, what's a parent to do? Are your kids feeling a little queasy? Stuffy or Runny nose? Diariha? Could be some bad Papa John's pizza, or it could be the newest Flu strain🤧 .  Curious about if you should send your kids to school or keep them home? The Top Dads have no idea what you should do... However, we made a great podcast about funny...

Episode 127: Happy St. Patricks Day from the Top Dad podcast the #1 fatherhood podcast on the GoodPods podcasting app. Who would have thought I could say podcast that many times in one sentence?  March Madness is upon us. College Basketball, Green Beers, rivers being dyed green, Leprechauns and kids, plus more vasectomy jokes.  No one does  St. Pats like the Top Dads!    Bonus Tip: How to catch a...

Episode 126: Don't worry we are not going to go over the Top Dad's top fantasies... but we are going to talk about fantasy baseball and Dungeons and Dragons. So strap on your fantasy caps grab a white claw and enjoy fantasy by the Top Dads!  Bonus Tip: TDM breaks down how to do a fantasy baseball draft and TDK gives out tips on what losers should have to do for finishing last. Thank you...

Episode 125: The Top Dad podcast is the #1 of ALL time on the Goodpods podcasting app. Pretty solid right? We may or may not mention it for the first ten minutes of the show.  Plus Top Dad Ken goes to a Bush concert. Top Dad Matt avoids making dinner all three nights this weekend and a behind the scenes look into the Top Dad Mexican vacation.  Bonus Tip: How Top Dad Ken finally got to live out his...

Episode 124: The Top Dads are live from Mexico during their all inclusive vacation with four fellow dad guests. Dr. Nick, Nolan, Charlie, and the birthday boy David. What do six men get up to in a hotel room after several days of day drinking at the pool/beach? Who knows, but this might be the best or worst podcasting episode in Top Dad history. 🤔 KenDo KenDo Kendooooo!! (KenDo has nothing to do...