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Bare Marriage

Episode 258: They’re Coming After Bluey Now? What’s Wrong with Involved Fathers?

Bare Marriage

Sheila Gregoire

Marriage, Social Sciences, Science, Relationships, Sex, Christianity, Wife, Religion & Spirituality, Mother, Society & Culture, Advice, Family

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Why are writers for The Gospel Coalition coming after the dad in the cartoon series Bluey? He’s an involved dad who loves his kids. Why are they so offended? Rick Pidcock joins Rebecca and Connor Lindenbach for a deep dive—and then Rebecca and Connor talk more about our anemic view of fatherhood. TO SUPPORT USJoin our Patreon for as little as $5 a month to support our workFor tax deductible donations in the U.S., support Good Fruit Faith Initiative through the Bosko FoundationAnd check o...

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the bear marriage podcast.

0:15.2

This is Rebecca Lindenback, not Sheila-Gregor, because they are on vacation and we are taking over for today.

0:22.1

That's right.

0:22.6

Today I am joined by my husband Connor.

0:25.2

Say hi, Connor.

0:26.2

Hi, Connor.

0:27.0

And we are going to have a conversation all about an article that just blew up a couple

0:34.2

of weeks ago now where someone decided that the take to have was to go after the most

0:40.0

beloved children's show in the current generation, which is bluey. Yeah, and this is a show that's

0:46.4

not just beloved by kids, but also by parents because it's actually entertaining and gives a really

0:52.7

good portrayal of the parents' side of thing.

0:55.4

Yeah, exactly. It's something where you watch it and you just feel like, yes, this is,

1:01.7

this is how life should be. It's lovely. And it's just wild that someone decided to go up for it.

1:08.0

We are going to also talk to Rick Pitcock, who wrote an amazing article in response

1:13.3

from his perspective as a stay-at-home dad.

1:16.6

But I would actually really like to start out this whole podcast by just reading a little

1:22.9

bit of that article.

1:25.4

So the article in question here is an article that was written by Jeremy Pryor.

1:31.2

At first, it was just on his personal substack and then it was republished on, where was it?

1:37.0

The Blaze.

1:37.7

The Blaze.

1:38.7

Yeah.

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