Engineering Fatherhood
Summary: Time for regular dads to vent about regular problems. More humor than advice. Lots of funny stories about the difficult times, the good times and the really poopy times. For the record we dont have any qualifications whatsoever. We did however, have a great father to learn from.
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College costs way too much! There is the sticker price and then the real price, just like cars. Is the traditional college approach worth it? Is it really the parent’s responsibility to pay for it? Aren’t some majors totally dumb! Government subsidizes colleges heavily. Should they? What are the effects. This was a great discussion […]
Sorry for the hiatus. Our excuse – summers are busy. Also, see the top ten list below! Give us a listen for an update on the EF Summer activities. Mark’s list of beer selling gimmicks. What beer makes cold mountains turn blue? What beer has a ‘specially lined can?’ Answers to these and other universal […]
This is a list of movies that lie in the intersection of Child Love and Parental Love on a Venn diagram: Cars Lion King Finding Nemo Incredibles How to Train Your Dragon Monster’s Inc. (Dory Rocks!) Alladin (the Genie Rocks!) We also mentioned some classics: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Mary Poppins Bedknobs and broomsticks Watership […]
Have your kids ever had an ‘incident’ in the bath? In Matt’s family they call that a ‘CODE BROWN’. This is all made even more fun with our special guest, Pete Loomis. We tell all the fun stories about our kids in the bath: how to wash their hair never to run to the convenience […]
Tonight’s discussion – Kids sleeping in YOUR bed! Do your kids wangle their way into your bed? Aren’t they cozy? Have you ever tried to get them out of your bed after? Getting them back in their own bed isn’t so easy is it? Matt’s single night rule – Never let them sleep in your bed […]
Reading is important! We go through our favorite books from baby board books to chapter books to teen series. We go through our favorites and even give tips on getting our kids to read. Much reminiscing and tales of favorite books ensues. Matt and Mark both cry at the end of ‘Guess How Much I […]
As a man, the garage is our final frontier (unless, like John, you have a basement). Garages hold our tools, our camping gear, and our cars… OH and like 5,000 cubic yards of kids toys! Special guest, Dad Owens shares his thoughts as we discuss garages of our past, garage destruction techniques, clutter and storage systems. Does […]
Silver Anniversary Episode! Have you ever considered taking a job in another country? What impact would it have on your family? My good friend Antonio Medina joins us all the way from Sao Paulo, Brazil to tell us the pros and cons of ‘taking the family international’. He has a wonderful wife and three super […]
Hey all, John brings up a good topic this week relating to grandparents and rules. What about ‘what happens at grandma’s house stays at grandma’s house?’ Should grandparents be like Vegas? Or does that go too far. We came to the conclusion that when kids are with both grandparents and parents, parents rules should govern. […]
Hey All, What if Jesus was Irish? Guiness as the blood of Christ? Ok so we got a bit irreverent… Matt talks about baby names. Mark talks about ‘letting kids be kids’ and John did a combined topic/rant about takers/givers. There were laughs all around in this Easter episode. I (Mark) was actually visiting EF […]
You have to listen to this one. Matt reveals big news and I aint puttin it in the blog post. You need to hear it to believe it! Topics Mark – spending quality (individual) time with each kids Matt – Cool stories about how you found out your wife was cooking a bun John – […]
World Down Syndrome Awareness Day is March 21. We celebrate this with our guest, Jason Cosky. Mark and Jason both have children with Down Syndrome so this is a topic near and dear. We go through some basic facts about DS: Officially Trisomy 21 – An extra copy of the 21st chromosome. Hence the date […]
Hey all, A score of episodes? Can you believe it? We debunk all the gender myths about raising children. Yes, boys and girls ARE different and we tell it straight. Girls – More helpful and loving. Easier when young, alien life forms in the teenage years. Way more common sense. They need a lot of […]
Another week of great fun! John is not afraid of angry engineers. Matt is fixing real satellites in a bunny suit which is pretty darn cool! Mark gets a ‘Keystolope’. (did I spell that right John?) We talk about minivans and how awesome they are. The stigma about a real man owning a minivan seems […]
Hey all, Eighteen episodes: our podcast is old enough to vote now! Some quick notes for Episode #18 Matt makes an excellent Mr. Mom Things are going well in John’s house. The man is a machine. Ben (living in Mark’s house) starts his job tomorrow (tomorrow for the podcase, today as I write this) In […]
