Tweak It: Fitting Work and Life Together
The job vs. life conflict we all face seems overwhelming and never ending. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Episode 13.5 – David Vienna
This is episode thirteen and a half because apparently 13 is an unlucky number. Today we talk to screenwriter, blogger at thedaddycomplex.com and soon to be author of the CTFD Parenting Method book, David Vienna. We get in to his thoughts on creativity, why he thought puppets would be a [...]
Ep96 – Granny Di
My lovely mom, Diane, joins the show for a belated Mother’s Day special. We talk about her and my dad being intimate, me seeing her naked as a teenager, the awful way she dressed me as a kid, getting drunk on vacation, my mom’s crazy union job, when I got [...]
225 – Single Parenting Success Tips!
Take a close look at your child’s class picture. If there’s 25 cute, smiling faces in that group, statistically about seven of those kids are being raised by single parents. Maybe more depending on where you live. Of the 30-40 million homes in the United States with children under the age of [...]
The Life of Dad After Show – Episode 43 – Lorne Jaffe – Raising Sienna
Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton are pleased to welcome dad blogger extraordinaire, Lorne Jaffe. His blog – Raising Sienna – is a look into, as Lorne states, "Discoveries of a father dealing with depression and anxiety." Art and Ryan talk to Lorne about the moving recitation of his legendary blog [...]
#085 Kristi Vredeveld – My Backpack Tags School Dismissal System
The Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) Program is the largest school based father engagement program in the nation with nearly 4000 schools participating. Kristi, a mother of three young children, found that coordinating her children’s after-school activities was no small task and left a great deal of room for [...]
How Not to Calm a Baby on a Plane
Johanna Stein, author of How Not to Calm a Baby on a Plane. Topic: Hilarious, real-life lessons in parenting. Issues: Going to war against the color pink; calming your child on a plane with a barfbag puppet–that someone else had used; your first emergency room visit; the most embarrassing and [...]
224 – The Importance of Laughing with Kids
Today’s show is sure to do two things: Make you laugh. And make you think about laughing! We’re talking about the importance of laughing with Dr. Anthony DeBenedet, author of The Art of Roughhousing. Current research confirms that there are numerous health benefits attributed to laughing including lower blood pressure, increased tolerance [...]
E31: Post-Mothers Day
We talk about Mother’s Day, the development of our 9-month olds, baby personality, Ben’s new gig as a SAHD, and job searches.