This week, one of the world’s most over-observed people decided to deflect some of that observation away from his young family. The media likes to call it Megxit, because that’s the easy soundbite that rolls … Read More
Episode 16: Can My Body Actually Get In That Position?
Remember when people thought diapering was the apotheosis of hands-on fatherhood? If your kids are teenagers, as ours are, you know that’s ridiculous. We’re in the arena now, talking about drugs and bullying and college … Read More
Boys, Sex, and Those Four Magic Words
If we’re in the business of raising better men, we have to include the business of raising better sex partners. And we can’t do that if so much of what our boys are learning is … Read More
Episode 15: Fandom Has Its Limits
OK, enough of this tomfoolery. It’s 2020, and after a lively discussion about New Year’s, ninjas, and the narrow timeframe when bananas are edible, it’s time to talk about what we’re going to talk about … Read More
What We’ll Be Talking About at the 2020 Dad 2.0 Summit
Last February, the theme of the 2019 Dad 2.0 Summit in San Antonio was The Comfort of Discomfort, which acknowledged that meaningful milestones happen only when enough people are motivated enough to strive for them. That’s … Read More
The Comfort of Discomfort
Each year, our conference program opens with a brief letter about a theme that inspires much of the programming. In 2019, that theme was “The Comfort of Discomfort,” in order to recognize the modern stresses … Read More
Episode 14: A Tenuous Hold On Your Circadian Rhythms
Emerging from the timeless, shapeless, (often) pantsless year-end void, it’s our last podcast of 2019! Amid all of the amazing revelations in the 2010s, millions of #dadlife Instagram posts made fatherhood became more visible in … Read More
Best of the 2010s: The #DadLife Decade
We learned a lot in the 2010s. Our galaxy contains more than 100 billion planets. Selfies are deadlier per capita than shark attacks. Dinosaurs had dandruff. And fathers spending time with their children results in … Read More
Episode 13: Can’t We Just Enjoy Stuff?
We’ve got a lot to buzz about this week. We announced our second round of Speakers and looked back on a productive 2019 with our Fatherhood on Friday Year in Review. We’re getting ready to … Read More
2019 In Review: It’s All Gonna Be OK
You know what was weird about 2019? After 180 years, the meaning of “OK” changed from “I agree” to “Whatever. Go away now.” If up is down, facts are opinions, and OK is not OK, … Read More