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Dear Old Dads

DOD182: But Will Gentle Parenting Leave My Kid Unprepared?

Dear Old Dads

Thomas Smith

Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Eli shares TikTok contraband to kick off a discussion on gentle parenting's applicability beyond childhood, and the balance between what Eli refers to as the "musts" and the "oughts".

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0:00.0

Hey, call my wife.

0:03.1

Calling UK Wildlife.

0:04.7

No, call my wife.

0:07.1

Here's a cheese knife, Lester.

0:09.2

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0:11.3

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0:18.1

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0:19.6

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0:23.2

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0:24.8

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0:26.2

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0:27.9

authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

0:32.9

I'm the cool dad.

0:34.1

That's my thing.

0:39.8

I know now what I can offer you that no one else can.

0:42.6

Complete and undependent.

0:46.8

I'm a man. I'm sensitive. I need to feel loved. I need to be desired.

0:53.2

Yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy.

0:59.1

Welcome to dear old dads, the podcast that's not screaming, except on the inside.

1:04.1

I'm Tom Curry.

1:04.9

I'm joined as always by Thomas Smith and Eli Bosnick.

1:08.0

Hello, gentlemen.

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