DOD229: Cheering Your Kids On...Realistically
Dear Old Dads
Thomas Smith
4.8 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Thomas shares what he thinks might be a parenting win with one of his kiddos by walking a fine line between what his parents had done when he was a kid and what Eli would probably do. How realistic should we be when our kids share their expectations and dreams with us?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm the cool dad. That's, that's my thing. |
| 0:09.7 | I know now what I can offer you that no one else can. Complete and undependent. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm a man. I'm sensitive. I need to feel loved. I need to be desired. |
| 0:23.1 | Yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy. |
| 0:28.5 | Welcome to dear old dads, the podcast that's not very good, but no one's got the heart to tell us. |
| 0:34.5 | I'm Tom Curry. I'm joined as always by Thomas Smith and Eli |
| 0:39.1 | Osnick. Hello, gentlemen. This is how you let me know. I don't know. Has this been true the whole |
| 0:45.1 | time? I just don't want to look the audience in on it. It's an intervention. It's weird when I review |
| 0:49.0 | my own show on Apple iTunes. It's a little awkward. Our only one-star reviews are Christians who thought we were going to talk about Christianity and Tom hating his own penis. |
| 1:03.2 | That may need some explaining. |
| 1:05.1 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 1:06.0 | Holy shit. |
| 1:06.9 | I'm the cool man. |
| 1:08.2 | Well, did anybody get murdered? |
| 1:09.8 | What's our banter going to be? |
| 1:11.3 | Who got murdered lately? Hey guys, we got great news. We got great news. We figured out autism. Oh, that'll be the... Oh, yeah, it's Tylenol. It turns out you can give your baby a whole bottle of Tylenol, but not the pregnant mom. Not the pregnant mom. It turns out Eli's been trying to autism your family this whole time, guys, with his catchphrase. |
| 1:30.6 | Well, I want my son to have... Not the pregnant mom. Not the pregnant mom. Eli's been trying to autism your family this whole time, guys, with his catchphrase. |
| 1:30.8 | Well, I want my son to have some friends. |
| 1:32.3 | And I'm like, I need someone to be as into Legas as he is. |
| 1:37.2 | Good fucking time. |
| 1:38.4 | How stocked is your house with yogurt pouches? |
| 1:40.6 | That's my sleepover question. |
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