Dad to the Future

We’re back! We talk about 2019, and plans for the New Year.

In this no-frills episode, John and Dennis catch up after having not talked in a few weeks. We talk about what’s going on in our families’ lives, getting back into theater, and going to therapy.

Dennis and John talk about the controversial Gillette commercial, toxic masculinity, and how it’s manly to have good hygiene.

Dennis and John talk about sleep training.

Dennis and John talk New Year’s Resolutions.

John and his daughter, Ireland, are jumping in some really cold water for a good cause, the Special Olympics. Donate to Team Mickaroni and Freeze.

Happy Holidays from Dad to the Future! In this episode, Dennis and John talk about when they stopped believing in Santa Claus – spoiler alert: Dennis never did; how John and his wife handled Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny with their girls, and Dennis wonders how him and Betsy will present Santa to their son.

Dennis and John talk about three things from their own pasts and the past few years that they would change if they could go back in time. The conversation takes some weird turns.

John Mick joins the podcast as a regular co-host of Season 2. In this episode, We talk about the perennial controversy over the holiday song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”, and use it as a jumping off point to talk about consent – how we learned about it growing up, and how we hope to teach our kids.

The song featured in the 1949 film “Neptune’s Daughter” on YouTube.

The book Dennis mentions, “Beyond the Birds and Bees”, by Bonnie J. Rough

We learned a valuable lesson these last couple of weeks about our son’s screen time.

This is our son’s second Halloween, but the first one he really grasped something special was happening, and he got into the spirit of “How’Ween”, as he calls it. This is a fast and dirty episode in a week that’s been busy for me and my family.

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