Trying to eat healthy ourselves is hard enough. But getting our kids to eat what’s good for them? Nearly impossible. Especially when they’re faced with birthday parties and events at school that are full of sugary options. Then there’s youth sports. It’s all too common for the kids to come

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Kids and devices. This topic just won’t go away. Honestly though, how can it? With the always on, always connected nature of our society today is it any wonder our kids are following suit? Maybe we need to stop and think about how this will affect their well being. This

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We made it. One hundred episodes in the bank. But truth be told, we nearly quit before we really got going. In this episode we explore pivotal episodes and how they’ve impacted the direction of the show. Spoiler Alert: The first show was bad. Really bad. But thankfully we got

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Saying my first curse word was a right of passage for me. When I got to college and discovered girls responded well to “liquid personality” all bets were off. Late nights of poker playing cemented in a bad habit of colorful metaphors for years to come. But then I had children

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It’s that time again. Time for the Dads of the Round Table to have a discussion. And this time, we get to talk about one of our favorite topics… Star Wars. Or at least a Star Wars Story. We are joined by Adam Hartvigsen, Ryan Bond, and Jon Harrison (of

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Princesses, rainbows, and unicorns. That’s the majority of what you find on the book shelves for girls these days. But all little girls are different. Some of them don’t want another run of the mill princess-gets-rescued-by-the-prince story. Nope. They want something new, something different, something… exciting! Enter The Pinkaboos. Since Jake

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Like it or not, many of us see a “dad bod” staring back at us when we look in the mirror. Years of less than perfect diet and more time watching sports than playing them eventually add up. Life happens, we get it. The best of intentions somehow don’t make

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This week we are joined by Chris Regan, Nathan Reitsma, and Kevin Stanley for our first ever Round Table Book Club. We all read The 5 Love Languages of Children and discussed it on the show. It was a very powerful conversation and the book should be high on your

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Video games are awesome. Everyone knows that. Even people who don’t consider themselves “gamers” are playing on their phones without a second thought. Games have become a permanent part of our society. And for the most part, we’ve embraced their arrival with open arms. But… what about kids? Should they

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As men we often fear being vulnerable. But it turns out that opening ourselves up can become our biggest strength. Especially with our children. In this episode Jason MacKenzie shares with us how this can be a powerful way to connect deeply with our kids. In his book The Dadly

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