Dear Old Dads – Details, episodes & analysis

Eli's got a parenting question and his facebook parenting group has... answers.

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The dads discuss politeness - what it is, how to instill it in your kids, and if it actually matters in the world. Also, how polite should we be with our closest friends and partners, and is there harm to being too polite in those relationships?

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Tom was having some deep thoughts on consent and how we're teaching it to our boys. Is it possibly damaging to their self-esteem? How could we do it better?

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In case you haven't seen it, Jonah Hill's ex posted some texts showing HIll to be a manipulative and controlling partner. They're pretty horrible. The dads use it as an opportunity to talk about possessiveness in men and the sexism behind it. 

And before that, some good Hank news!!!

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After some INCREDIBLY TRIGGER WARNING WORTHY dental horror stories from Tom and Eli, we talk about taking kids to the dentist. Phoebe had an appointment go wrong. How should we handle this?

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Today's episode is about secrets. Secrets with friends, with family, with your kids, with your partner. Should you keep them should you not? 

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Eli has a friend who has a kid who is prone to heavy emotional fits. The highs are high but the lows are low. Thomas has a friend who has a friend named Thomas who has a similar situation. What do we do? How do we not let them be the kid from the Twilight Zone?

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A listener asked us, what do you do when your partner has some... bad beliefs? What about when those beliefs affect the kids? Like your partner wants to give them fake medicine instead of medicine medicine...

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We need a vacation from our vacation, am I right??? Well am I? That's the topic of the show so you're going to need to tell me.

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First up, some hilarious yard talk! But then Thomas has a long story which definitely eventually comes to a point. 

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