A number of people around the world are now entering lockdown or self-isolation or quarantine or whatever you want to call it to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

That's fantastic, but also has some challenges.

As a result people are getting more creative and finding time to work on hobbies and activities they otherwise may not have time to.

Learn a new skill. Let's face it. If you're stuck at home, you're probably not going to become an expert in sport (except running by yourself).

What are the Daddy Eats Last boys going to learn?

Who is learning a Snow Patrol song on the Piano?

Who is learning Spanish?

Whose life is so boring that COVID-19 hasn't really affected him yet?

Do you want to change your life forever? These are fairly easy things you can learn over the next few months:

Learning to learn

Writing

Public speaking

Meditation

Forming good habits

Negotiation

Mathematical thinking

Coordination and flexibility

Start today!

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

As Australia moves towards the shutdown of non-essential services due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) we discuss what this means for us.

Ryan gives his perspective on the measures that have been put in place in London and how they have affected he and TK.

Homeschooling?

What is online school like for different ages?

Juggling kids and work?

COVID-19 schedules (to stay sane)?

What living with your spouse 24/7 is like?

How is working from home in a foreign country you've just arrived in?

All of this is likely to become common for the next 3 to 6 months for a lot of people in Australia.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

COVID-19 is spreading rapidly and we discuss that at the beginning of this episode, but also try and keep it lighthearted this week by discussing the little silly things we have all done at work.

Well we all had, except Ryan.....until this week.

You know the silly things like:

Replying all.

Sending an email or message about a person...to that person.

Sending an inappropriate email by mistake to someone.

Just the little careless, but not malicious things that we have all done in the workplace, usually through an innocent mistake.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

Jerry Seinfeld hosts Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

In this weeks episode of Daddy Eats Last Kane chats with his 4 year old son as they drive to see some dinosaurs while he isn't feeling well.

For decades, doctors have told parents to talk to kids as often as possible to help build speech and language skills. 

Apparently how parents talk to children may matter just as much as how much time they spend talking.

Young kids sure do like to talk and this conversation is indicative of the conversations that take place multiple times a day in Kane's house.

NOTE: Kane was recording the conversation before he started driving and was simply responding to his son in the usual way while driving.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

This week we are talking Coronavirus....or more precisely COVID-19.

 

How has it affected us?

Have we cancelled anything?

Are we stockpiling food and toilet paper?

Changed the the way we interact with people?

Coronaviruses are common viruses that most people get some time in their life and cause upper-respiratory illnesses....the type of bugs that have symptoms including a runny nose, cough, sore throat and fever. Some are mild, such as the common cold, while others are more likely to lead to pneumonia.

 

This one currently sweeping the world was originally labelled the novel coronavirus as it had never been seen before....and therefore there is no immunisation against it nor any drug related treatment.

 

As at 29th February there have been 85,000 cases diagnosed and 2,921 deaths....with around 80,000 and 2,840 of those being in China.

 

Governments around the world are starting to take this more seriously, including ScoMo instituting a pandemic procedure here in Australia.

 

Even the royal family have been affected by the Coronavirus with skids at Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school being asked to self isolate....

 

How has it affected us?

Listen now.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

In the wake of what happened in Brisbane this week with a husband ambushing his wife and killing her and three children we are going to discuss domestic violence.

This particular attack followed a decade of "emotional, sexual and financial abuse".

He checked her social media accounts, ordered her on what to and what not to wear and made offensive comments including: "look at your stomach, that's just disgusting.

She left him and then he killed her and her children.

A male has killed their partner 8 times already this year.

8 bloody times….that is f*cking ridiculous and simply should never happen.

The stats are that 1 in 6 women in Australia have experienced physical or sexual violence from a current or previous cohabiting partner.

Yes not all men are like this, but that doesn’t matter. That does not matter at all.

What matters is this stops.

It is important to remember that domestic violence is not "mutual combat" or "relationship conflict".

Domestic violence is when one person makes a choice to exert power and control over another person.

This is almost always the male and they rely on a range of tactics to assert control, including physical and sexualised violence, psychological and emotional abuse, financial abuse and social isolation, among others.

The problem is that where there is no physical violence, people miss the signs.

The signs of domestic violence:

https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/domestic-violence/my-situation/i-want-to-help-someone

How to help?

https://au.reachout.com/articles/domestic-violence-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

If you're a man who uses violence and coercive control in your intimate partner relationship, make a choice to change.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

After Ryan went for a park run a couple of weeks ago this week Matty and Kane had a go at a Park Run (Matty had already done 50 odd previously).

www.parkrun.com.au organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world.

The friendly, supportive vibe at the park run was really cool to experience and we highly recommend trying one for the buzz you get.

They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.

These events take place in pleasant parkland surroundings and caters for walkers to those with more experience.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

As parents, giving advice to children can be a challenge.

Often the advice parents give comes across as nagging, controlling, belittling or over-bearing

There is truth that experience is often the best teacher. Sometimes impossible to learn certain things in life without experiencing them.

So just how do you help give your kids the tools to deal with a problem....without you trying to solve the problem for them.

Giving advice is hard as is biting your tongue, but it is ultimately the best for our kids.

Try talking about ourselves, answering a question with a question and using respectful phrases.

Hopefully this will help your child make good decisions without you (and not burn down any schools....listen to hear that story).

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

It's been a big week in London. Brexit, Corona Virus....but the Sunday roasts must go on.

Ryan discusses some of the subtle differences between life in London and life in Melbourne.

We also discuss some of the big differences, like the way we butcher the English language here and sleeping on a random bed.

'Straya says G'Day to Ryan this week back on Daddy Eats Last.

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

This week we have Volume 1 of Ryan's Travel Diary - an Aussie goes Barmy.

Australia Day spent in London watching the soccer with no sun or BBQ was a bit of a shock.

Otherwise Week 1 has been filled with finding our feet, boring life things like setting up bank accounts, buying a big warm coat and getting ready for work. It's yet to hit double digits weather-wise here and the sun is certainly gone by 5pm, but the city has a feel to it and buzz that means things are always happening so beyond being a bit cold it's been great to explore it. 

After a couple of days settling in, it was off to work on Wednesday and it's been good getting stuck into that, working near Kings Cross is a great location and there is a cafe nearby with Australian style coffee so that's a relief! 

A big surprise so far has been how kind and friendly the English are here to us, we're in a very English flat in Islington (just North of London) short term, split level with a lovely French couple on the bottom level and really like this area so will find somewhere longer term to stay, it's got great restaurants, pubs and plenty of activity. 

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REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.