Episode 99 - 15 Things You Should Give Up to Be a Happy Parent

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

• https://cafemom.com/news/seattle-woman-pregnant-flu-shot-birth-control-mistake 
• https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/parenting-style-quiz/ 
• https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/parental-guidance-secrets-being-happier-parent/ 
• https://www.radio.com/wcbs880/news/local/mom-accused-of-leaving-kids-alone-in-cold-car-while-shopping 
• https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-mother-accused-of-giving-young-son-thc-through-vaping-pen 

Thanks for listening!

Episode 98 - Token Economy System to Improve Your Kid’s Behavior

- Rob and Mike discuss a novel way to improve your kid's behavior:  A Token Economy System.  Sound complicated?  It's not.  Give it a listen!

- Mike has his Christmas tree up in the middle of November and it makes Rob pretty upset

- This week's Bad Dad decides he needs a break from his kid and winds up in jail

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Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

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

• https://www.verywellfamily.com/create-a-token-economy-system-to-improve-child-behavior-1094888
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-porch-pirate-arrested-wearing-exact-shirt-court/story?id=74217581 
• https://kjzz.com/news/dad-dumps-son-with-no-shoes-or-socks-off-at-gas-station-in-nephi-later-arrested-for-dui 

Thanks for listening!

Episode 97 - Bad Dad Palooza 4: Father & Son Edition

- Rob has a rough week and needs to hear from parents doing a horrible job parenting in order to make himself feel better.  This version of Bad Dad Palooza features fathers and sons behaving badly.  

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Find Mike's comic book, Clumsy Love here!

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

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at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8934101/Woman-29-horrifies-family-marrying-man-30-YEARS-senior.html 
• https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/father-son-charged-with-stealing-from-multiple-cars-in-bartow/article_93ed63ae-2d2a-51ca-9750-171d0868b799.html 
• https://newculturemedia.com/florida-rapper-and-his-father-charged-with-murdering-another-local-rapper/ 
• https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/crime/man-faces-federal-heroin-charge-in-grand-rapids/69-4d07ee6a-04fc-46b9-9d50-ac70a9438f74 
• https://www.ampgoo.com/father-and-son-arrested-for-drag-racing 
• https://www.wnct.com/top-stories/father-in-custody-after-admitting-to-killing-daughters-boyfriend/ 

Thanks for listening!

Episode 96 - Special Guest: Comedian, Ricky Glore!!!

- Rob and Mike welcome dad and working stand-up comic Ricky Glore to the show where we swap stories about Halloween, Adam West and his journey as a comedian and parent

- For Mike's sake, we have a Feel Good Dad Story

- For Rob's sake, we have another Bad Dad Story

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at thestandupdads@gmail.com 

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

Find Mike's comic book, Clumsy Love here!

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

Click here to go the Seattle Gummy site and use the promo code StandUpDads15 

at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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Find Ricky here!  Please support our guests!  Check out his sites and buy his album!

- Get his album here ===> https://circustrapeze.com/rickyglore/ 

- Twitter:  @RickyGlore

- Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/RickyGloreComedy/ 

- Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/glorericky/?hl=en 

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

• https://www.fox13news.com/news/single-foster-dad-adopts-five-siblings-so-they-can-all-stay-together 
• https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/dad-sentenced-for-stealing-kids-girl-scout-cookie-money-spending-it-on-an-erotic-massage/ 

Thanks for listening!

Episode 95 - Your Smartphone Habit is Messing up Your Kid!

- Rob tells Mike about a scientific breakthrough where C-section babies benefit from ingesting just a bit of their mom's poop.  Mike doesn't take it well.

- Turns out that we're messing with our kids' development when we look at our own cell phones.

- This week's bad dad thinks he can outsmart the system.  He's wrong.

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at thestandupdads@gmail.com 

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

Find Mike's comic book, Clumsy Love here!

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

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at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

• https://www.todaysparent.com/baby/baby-health/study-feeding-c-section-babies-moms-poop/ 
• https://www.statefoodsafety.com/Resources/Resources/the-dirty-cell-phone-25-127-bacteria-per-square-inch#:~:text=According%20to%20Seattle%20Times%20journalist,in%20contact%20with%20every%20day. 
• https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/yes-your-smartphone-habit-is-affecting-your-kid-heres-how/ 

Bad Dad Article -

• https://www.kalb.com/2020/10/26/father-of-baby-taken-from-monroe-hospital-arrested/ 

Thanks for listening!

Episode 94 - COVID Fatigue

- Rob and Mike discuss how to deal with things like COVID fatigue and Election fatigue

- This week we have two bad dads, an unwise dad and a dad that's willing to go too far for his kid

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

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at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

• https://www.uwhealth.org/news/managing-covid-fatigue-is-crucial-to-our-health-and-wellbeing-during-the-pandemic/53530 
• https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/how-to-deal-with-coronavirus-burnout-and-pandemic-fatigue 
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/coronavirus-pandemic-fatigue.html 

Bad Dad Articles -

• https://www.cleveland.com/police-blotter/2020/10/father-teaches-offspring-to-trespass-and-get-arrested-bainbridge-township-police-blotter.html
• https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/football-players-disgruntled-father-repeatedly-stabs-two-teens-during-practice-dispute-police-say/ 

Thanks for listening!

Episode 93 - Do You Hate Your Kid’s Friend’s Parents?

- Rob and Mike discuss how to deal with other parents on playdates

- This week we have two bad dads, a downer and a funny one

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

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at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBOI06r6c4 
• https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/10/10-ways-cope-other-parents-polite-friends-socialise
• https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/do-you-hate-your-kids-friends-parents/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u27b7bAY1ro
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMdUzIzQTMk
• https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/parent-cliques-school/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsBOG-cZF4
• https://www.nytimes.com/article/making-parent-friends-guide.html?auth=login-google
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylODT34K44

Bad Dad Articles -

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8814991/Father-27-charged-refusing-help-break-open-hot-car-failing-save-life-daughter.html

• https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/a-current-affair-teenager-tattoo-dad-charged-actual-bodily-harm-legal-battle/d8c13359-8547-43c0-ab31-ad3393b7167f

Thanks for listening!

Episode 92 - The Differences Between Raising Boys vs. Girls

- Rob's kid discovers a new hobby!

- Rob and Mike discuss the differences between raising boys and girls

- Our Bad Dad segment features a father/son duo that get to spend time in jail together

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

Click here to go the Seattle Gummy site and use the promo code StandUpDads15 

at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

Email your parenting stories to thestandupdads@gmail.com to get your sample from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

• http://www.docrobin.com/the-difference-between-raising-boys-and-girls/
• https://www.parenting.com/child/harder-to-raise-boys-or-girls/
• https://www.everymum.ie/my-family/home-life/what-s-the-difference-between-raising-girls-raising-boys/
• https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/photo-gallery/differences-between-boys-and-girls.aspx
• Patton Oswalt Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJQnIXN_lns
• Louis CK Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isNph6jHAkI

Bad Dad Article -

• https://thegrio.com/2020/10/04/white-men-chase-shoot-black-teens-riding-atvs/

Thanks for listening!

Episode 91 - The Importance of Your Kid Learning an Instrument (and the Dads Lose Focus)

- Rob gets blamed for his kid's bad behavior

- The importance and benefits of your kid learning a musical instrument

- The dads recorded late and lose focus of the topic, but we think it works

- This week we have a Bad Dad AND an AWESOME DAD!!!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at thestandupdads@gmail.com 

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

Find Mike's comic book, Clumsy Love here!

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

Click here to go the Seattle Gummy site and use the promo code StandUpDads15 

at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

Email your parenting stories to thestandupdads@gmail.com to get your sample from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

- https://thriveglobal.com/stories/7-powerful-benefits-of-music-education-for-kids/

- https://takelessons.com/blog/motivate-your-child-to-practice-music-z15

Awesome Dad Article - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/heroic-dad-gets-fired-2-152714148.html

Bad Dad Article - https://www.wwlp.com/news/texas-father-accused-of-letting-13-year-old-drive-them-to-get-ice-cream-while-he-was-drunk/

Thanks for listening!

Episode 90 - Special Guest, Fairy Godmother Trish and the Importance of Aunts & Uncles in Raising Your Kids

- Rob and Mike are joined by Rob's kid's Fairy Godmother Trish to discuss the importance of aunts & uncles in raising your kids

- Guess what made Mike dress up in a chicken suit and go out in public 

- What did Rob learn from a secondhand uncle?

- This week's Bad Dad segment is a bad uncle

- Check out Trish at https://www.instagram.com/hairandflowersbytricia/ SHE DOES GREAT WORK!!!

Have comments, suggestions or just want to say, "Hi!"?  Have an embarrassing fact that you want to learn about Mike?  Email us at thestandupdads@gmail.com 

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

Find Mike's comic book, Clumsy Love here!

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

Find Doug Gray's WONDERFUL graphic novel, The Eye of Mongombo here 

Click here to go the Seattle Gummy site and use the promo code StandUpDads15 

at checkout to get 15% off your order from the Seattle Gummy Company!

Email your parenting stories to thestandupdads@gmail.com to get your sample from the Seattle Gummy Company!

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

• https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/parenting/family-time/4-reasons-aunts-and-uncles-are-essential-to-parenting
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/05/26/the-underrated-role-of-aunts-and-uncles/
• https://myfamilydigest.com/the-importance-of-aunts-and-uncles-in-a-family/
• Chris Rock Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxhg3dcHnb0

Bad Uncle Article - https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/2416132-uncle-accused-teaching-nephew-smoke-pot-youtube-could-lose-rights

Thanks for listening!