In today’s episode Jim and Dave go a little off script and cover a wide range of fatherhood topics.

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Jim discusses how he teaches his kids about gratitude
• The importance of family dinners
• Small ways we find time to carve out quality time with our kids
• The importance of moments of mindfulness and how quickly kids change
• Making sure to record the little things
• Dave discusses how he uses all those photos of his kids

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• The Advantages of a Bilingual Education
• Tiny Beans

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In this episode of the Papa est Fatigué podcast, Jim and Dave discuss what to do if you get separated from your child. They’ll talk about some of their own experiences and provide some tips on procedures they use with their own families. 

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Best practices if you get separated from your child
• Some examples of how we got separated from our kids
• Our own procedures for quickly reuniting with our children should we get separated

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• You Probably Don't Know the Most Important Thing to Do If You Lose Your Child in Public
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Jiobit

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In this episode of the Papa est Fatigué podcast, Jim and Dave give advice for expectant father; everything from the months before your child is born, what to do in the hospital, and how to prepare for returning home. 

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How to prepare in the months leading up to your child’s birth
• What to do in the hospital
• How to prepare for returning home with your newborn

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• 5 Expert Tips on the Correct Way to Install a Child Car Seat
• Pix-Star photo frame
• Podcast: The expectant father: sleep edition
• Podcast: How our kids are interacting with their grandparents during COVID

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Welcome to the Papa est Fatigué podcast. The podcast for dads by dads. In this episode, we discuss how we introduced our kids to bilingualism and our experiences as parents in bilingual education.

During this episode we discuss:

• The benefits of being bilingual
• How we introduced our kids to a second language early on
• What is an immersion language program
• Why we chose to put our kids in immersion language programs
• What our experiences have been and any concerns we had/have in immersion language programs

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• The Effect of Dual-Language Immersion on Student Achievement in the Portland Public Schools
• 6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education
• Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English
• Immersion Programs Teach Much More Than Another Language
• 5 Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism: The Bilingual Brain Advantage
• The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual

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In this episode of the Papa est Fatigué podcast, Dave and Jim give the expectant father some insight into sleep and the realities of bringing home a newborn. They’ll discuss their experiences with their first-borns and give soon to be dads some tips and tricks for surviving.

During this episode we discuss:

• The findings from a study on how much sleep parents lose with newborns
• Our experience with sleep and sleep deprivation with our first borns
• How things changed with our second children
• How our children’s sleep behaviors have changed as they’ve gotten older

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• How Long Do Parents Lose Sleep After Having a Kid? You Should Probably Sit Down
• Original Sleep study

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In this episode of the Papa est Fatigué podcast, Dave and Jim discuss how their kids’ grandparents are staying in touch with them during COVID. Dave and Jim start off talking about what the kids’ interactions were like with their grandparents pre-COVID, and how they’ve adjusted since. Then Dave and Jim discuss some ideas that have been successful for them.

During this episode we cover:

• What grandparent/grandchild interactions were before COVID
• How COVID has change the grandparent/grandchild relationship
• Some things that have worked, and some ideas moving forward

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Dave’s mom’s website for project ideas: Call Me Grandma
• The digital photo frame that Dave gave his parents: Pixstar WiFi Cloud Digital Picture Frame
• The outdoor movie projector that Jim got for Christmas: Anker Nebula MARS II Pro

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