Stand-Up Dads

- Rob and Mike discuss LYING.  The lies kids tell to us and the lies we tell to kids.

- How do you make an honest kid?

- Halloween is here!  There's a town in Virginia where it's illegal to go trick or treating if you're over 14!

- This week's Bad Dad is filled with lies parents tell to their kids.  Some of these are hilarious!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msy__Gujljo (Louis CK Clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRAA7iYH_AY (Andy Woodhull Clip)

https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/parents-honest-kids-5-things/

https://childmind.org/article/why-kids-lie/

https://www.empoweringparents.com/article/how-to-deal-with-lying-in-children-and-teens/

https://www.parents.com/kids/development/behavioral/age-by-age-guide-to-lying/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejones/genius-lies-parents-actually-told-their-kids

https://www.babble.com/kid/the-funniest-lies-kids-have-told-their-parents/

https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/lies-parents-tell/

https://www.boredpanda.com/lies-parents-tell-kids/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

https://www.multiplemayhemmamma.com/2013/01/lies-kids-tell-their-parents.html

Thanks for listening!

- Rob and Mike discuss older parents, both being older parents and being raised by older parents

     - Perks of being/having older parents

     - Drawbacks of having older parents

- Tips for dealing with it

- This week's Bad Dad uses some hardcore tough love to teach his son some empathy.  Did he go too far?

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psbVVweEGHw (Sam Norton Clip)

https://www.seniorliving.org/caregiving/sandwich-generation/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/01/older-pensioner-parents-teenagers-fathers-children

https://www.bustle.com/articles/143383-what-its-like-to-grow-up-with-older-parents

https://thestir.cafemom.com/being_a_mom/152191/5_big_perks_of_being

https://www.verywellfamily.com/being-an-older-parent-4155772

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/dad-criticised-destroying-eight-year-20531212

Thanks for listening!

- Rob, Teo and Damian discuss how autism affects parenting, both when the kid has it and when the parent has it as well.  So many tangents!  This promises to be one of our most interesting shows!

Links to our guests' shows and projects are below.  Please check them out!  They'll appreciate the support and you'll be rewarded with some quality entertainment!

DAMIAN can be found on Twitter @DUHHarmony.  His podcast, A GEEK HISTORY OF TIME, can be found on Twitter at GeekHistoryTime and at https://www.geekhistorytime.com/ and the CAPITOL PUN-ISHMENT SHOW dates can be found on Luna's site here: http://www.lunascafe.com/calendar.html and you can also find them on Facebook under Capitol PUNishment and on Instragram under Capitolpuns.

Follow TEO on all social media @offcolorjoke and check out DIVERSITY AND DRAGONS at www.facebook.com/diversityanddragons and buy tickets to the show at Comedy Spot here:  https://www.saccomedyspot.com/dragons/.

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.autismspeaks.org

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2017/05/autism-parenting/526989/

Thanks for listening!

- Rob and Mike discuss how to get rid of ants in your house

- Mike is becoming a cat lady before our very eyes... er, ears?

- Rob and Mike butt heads about charter schools

- Mike has a genius solution to this week's bad dad problem!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeD1_fbFMco

https://www.weareteachers.com/charter-school-vs-public-school/

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/06/11/charter-school-backfill-question-has-no-simple-answer

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2019/02/02/charter-schools-are-not-public-schools/

https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/bp--the-inconvenient-truth-behind-waiting-for-superman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLmXV4-CBOQ (Full movie of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/05/22/what-school-choice-means-in-the-era-of-trump-and-devos/

http://www.nea.org/home/33177.htm

https://slate.com/technology/2014/01/creationism-in-texas-public-schools-undermining-the-charter-movement.html

https://www.pinalcentral.com/florence_reminder_blade_tribune/news/father-arrested-for-choking-teen-boy-found-in-daughter-s/article_b13fdbc8-b290-564a-9fb8-161b219db618.html

Thanks for listening!

- Rob and Mike discuss how to communicate with your kids

     - Rob goes over the classic parenting book "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk"

- Deciphering the codes that teens are putting on their texts

- This week's bad dad changes his adopted kid's age so that they can abandon them.  Confused?  So were we!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSNFkyP0SI (Jeff Allen Link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jidvx2sELXs (Tim Wilkins Link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOSo0r-9Sz4 (Chad Daniels Link)

https://www.fatherly.com/play/the-classic-parenting-book-how-to-talk-so-kids-will-listen-in-under-1000-words/

https://mumcentral.com.au/secret-teen-text-codes/

https://www.verywellfamily.com/establishing-cell-phone-rules-for-teens-2609120

https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/09/18/michael-kristine-barnett-daughter-abandon-ukraine-adoption-dwarfism-prodigy/2364895001/

Thanks for listening!

On this episode:

- Rob and Mike discuss dealing with depression while parenting

- An amazing new approach to therapy (thanks to Bob Newhart)

- This week's bad dad has been replaced with a very good dad!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.fatherhood.org/fatherhood/be-concerned-about-depression-in-dads

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/men-and-depression/index.shtml

https://www.fatherly.com/news/depression-in-parents-linked-to-lower-academic-performance/

https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/how-i-explained-my-depression-to-2-young-kids/

https://www.fatherly.com/news/the-rock-opens-up-struggle-depression/

https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/depression-men-stubbornness-dads/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNyvIASmyKg (Michael Meehan)

https://1degreeofseparation.life/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BjKS1-vjPs (Bob Newhart)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/06/men-suffer-postnatal-depression-research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOwNQqSkano (Jake Weisman)

Thanks for listening!

On this episode:

- Rob and Mike interview a foreign dad!!!  Our special guest is Ari Sharp.  He's an Australian dad who is currently living in Japan.  We get parenting pointers from BOTH countries!  He's a journalist, an author, a public affairs specialist, aspiring stand-up comedian and all all around interesting guy!

- Rob realizes that he needs to step up his parenting game.

- This week's Bad Dad gets an apology from his son after he abandoned him on the side of the road for 6 days!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Find Ari on Twitter at @arisharp

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://arisharp.com/

https://www.the-father-hood.com/article/this-is-what-its-really-like-to-be-a-stay-at-home-dad/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1237636/japanese-boy-abandoned-in-woods-as-punishment-tells-his-father-you-are-a-good-dad/

Post script (thank you, Ari, for following through!):

• The minimum wage in Australia is AUD 18.93 an hour, which is USD 12.96 an hour. 

 Thanks for listening!

On this episode:

- Rob and Mike discuss different views on spanking your kids and effective alternatives to spanking

- Guess which of the hosts got smacked around by their folks

- Rob and Mike butt heads on charter schools, setting up a future episode that will be intense!

- This week's Bad Dad has a distasteful method for disciplining his young son

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/louis-ck-fox-news-and-hitting-children/83877693/ (Louis C.K. clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64UzydR9KHQ (Denis Leary clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybwBGcsLPE (Paul Jensen clip)

https://www.sciencealert.com/science-why-you-should-never-spank-children

https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/discipline-and-behavior/spanking-grabbing-other-physical-discipline/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dads-controversial-sign-offering-free-spankings-divides-internet-161925660.html

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/georgia-parents-asked-sign-consent-paddle-form-charter-school-reinstates-corporal-punishment-163410404.html

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/seven-alternatives-spanking-your-child-that-actually-work.html

https://wtkr.com/2019/04/26/father-accused-of-forcing-4-year-old-son-to-drink-hot-sauce-for-cursing/

Thanks for listening!

On this episode:

- Rob and Mike discuss how to approach talking to your kids about sex

- Don't leave Mike alone in your house.  He's going to abuse it.

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcECEMngCPw&list=PLJ-LQewsWtJUM3BW0BQUgHG-rk0ofJ7rJ&index=29&t=0s  (Chad Daniels - Scratching Privates)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z75xk2QJ4cg&list=PLJ-LQewsWtJUM3BW0BQUgHG-rk0ofJ7rJ&index=30&t=0s (Chad Daniels - Sex Talk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehFPXqdw2TI (MadTV Clip)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/201610/how-and-when-talk-your-kids-about-sex

https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/age-by-age-guide-to-talking-to-kids-about-sex/

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article234489722.html (Bad Dad Link)

https://viraluck.com/sex-ed-teachers-share-embarrassing-questions-students-asked/

http://eviat.com/the-funniest-questions-ever-asked-in-a-sex-ed-class

Thanks for listening!

On this episode:

- Rob and Mike discuss how to deal with talking about drugs with your kids

- Bad Dad this week exposes little kids to meth

If you enjoyed the comedy clips.  These are the comedians and the albums we got them from.  Please show them some love!

Louis Katz - Album: If These Balls Could Talk - Track:  D.A.R.E. & Sex Ed

Glenn Wool - Album: Let Your Hands Go - Track:  Wasted Time Waster

Greg Giraldo - Album: Midlife Vices - Track:  Old Drinking

Joe Rogan - Album: Talking Monkeys in Space - Track:  Pot Isn't for Everyone

Doug Stanhope - Album:  No Refunds - Track: Drugs for a Brave New Cubicle

Patton Oswalt - Album:  Talking for Clapping - Track:  Parents & Pills

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at [email protected] 

Find us at https://standupdads.podbean.com/ or on facebook @standupdadspod

Find Mike's site at https://pencilforhire.myportfolio.com/

Find Big Nick's Gag on This Podcast at https://gagonthis.podbean.com/

Links to the videos and articles mentioned in the show are below:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=581675552212120 (Juggling the Jenkins)

https://www.livescience.com/36148-talk-kids-drugs-alcohol-tips.html

https://www.drugrehab.com/guides/parents/ (Extensive guide with LOTS of good information!)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-new-d-a-r-e-program-this-one-works/?print=true

https://drugfree.org/newsroom/news-item/new-drug-and-alcohol-prevention-program-proven-successful-in-helping-parents-talk-with-their-kids/

https://easyread.drugabuse.gov/content/talking-kids-about-drugs-what-say-if-you-used-drugs-past

Thanks for listening!