Dear Old Dads Podcast
1) DOD237: How Many Net Productivity Units Are Your Friendships Providing
Today's episode centers on the importance of friendship despite what dude self-help spaces might tell you. Also more hot takes that the dads dig into include: being vulnerable enough to apologize when...Show More
2) DOD236: Find You a Woman Who Hates Men?
Today's show kicks off with a near-immediate three bears situation related to the interpretation of a TikTok video that makes Thomas want to throw his computer out the window; the dads go on a bit of ...Show More
3) DOD235: Passion or Pragmatism?
Thomas shares something Arlo loves doing and has declared he'd like to do for a career and the dads dig into helping our kids navigate the choice between pursuing a passion or seeking stability. Stick...Show More
4) DOD234: Kids Want Attention and That Is Okay
First, the dudes compare music taste. Then, a listener email asks the dads for advice about handling a recent situation they experienced where their kid's school carried out its full crisis procedure ...Show More
5) DOD233: This Is Your Brain on Sports
Our dudes gather today to talk about what obligation parents have to decline their children opportunities in sports that have a high risk of brain injury and possible development of CTE. Is there a mi...Show More
6) DOD232: New Kids on the Roblox
The New York Times' recently ran a piece where they just get it completely wrong (surprise) on tackling security issues with Roblox and other online offerings after some particularly troubling inciden...Show More
7) DOD231: How to Handle Not-Cash-Money Things That Happen to Your Kid
The dads gather to answer a listener question for an especially tough situation that the listener's friend is navigating. If a not-cash-money thing happens to our kid, how should we react? If a not-ca...Show More
8) DOD230: It's All About the Motion of the Ocean
The dudes are here to discuss toxic male sexual inadequacy, the cultural underpinnings of it, and how most often it is something men just inflict upon themselves. A note from Lydia: Listeners, you'll ...Show More
9) DOD229: Cheering Your Kids On...Realistically
Thomas shares what he thinks might be a parenting win with one of his kiddos by walking a fine line between what his parents had done when he was a kid and what Eli would probably do. How realistic sh...Show More
10) DOD228: Too Online 2
Part 2 of 2! The dads continue their conversation from Episode 227 regarding how to evaluate whether or not your kid is "too online" and what actions you should take to intervene. More specifically, w...Show More