Engineering Fatherhood

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 remini…

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 gues…

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, Br…

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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…

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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/…

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…

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 s…

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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…

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?)

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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…

Tune in for another fun filled episode:

• Valentine’s Day roundup
• Advice from the ‘grammarnerd’
• Do we buy our kids too much crap?
• Spend more time with your children!  Of course, but what exactly will …

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Join Matt, Mark and John along with subject matter expert Matt W as we discuss the fun filled world of twins!  Matt W (other brother Matt) has twin boys aged 3.  We ask him also sorts of que…

We tell you the truth about Valentine’s day.  John and Mark school Matt with important tips for making the day special for your wife.  Tips that are simple, inexpensive and effective.

A good gift req…

That’s right, we had Jack Owens, the patriarch himself on the show tonight.  Tune in to hear the what parenting was like thirty or forty years ago.   It was a fair bit different than it is today.  We…

Matt talks about kids birthday parties.  How far is too far?  Parental competition can be fierce, but making your kid happy is what is important.

Mark brings up some stories about special needs activ…

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Guest expert Pete Shields enlightens us on the joys of having a large family.  He has eight children!  How do they do it?  He tells us some funny stories, explains the logistics and gives us…

Welcome to 2012!

• John talks about issues with our higher education system (why is their xmas break so long?).  College costs an arm and a leg, at the very least, they could make the semesters full l…

Hopefully you are downloading this on the new iPod you got for christmas.  Congratulations.  We hope you enjoy our tenth episode!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!!  If you dont want to hear the whole …

Merry Christmas to all,

A very festive show.  We all go through our xmas preparations, discuss how to pick a good gift for your wife, talk about how Amazon.com has become a christmas staple and gener…

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Another fun filled episode.  Stuff to make you laugh, stuff to make you cry, stuff to make you puke.  You might even kill the cat.  Can I press the plunger next Papa John. 

This is a serious…