I'm the cool dad. That's, that's my thing.

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

Complete and undependent.

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

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

Welcome to Dear Old Dads, the podcast that can't cook on the oven, but you better stay away from the grill.

I'm Tom Curry. I'm joined by Thomas Smith and Eli Bosnick. I guess we're going to answer some

questions, guys. A. M.A. We're a whopping, you know, month or so into the show. And I got to

tell you, like the, I've been blown away. And I mean this, I mean this really genuinely. Like,

the feedback we've gotten from this show has been so intensely heartfelt, like so intensely

heartfelt. I feel like we really touched a nerve with this show, which is really what we were

hoping to do. And so we wanted to do an AMA as one of the first things that we offer as like a little

extra content because I think people really want to like reach out and have that connection.

So guys, which question you want to start with? Let's start with this one right here at the top. This question is from Matt. For Tom and Thomas, but not Eli, how did you break the news of impending progeny to your elder kids and how did they and you handle it? Is there anything you would change? I don't remember it being a big deal, honestly. Finn was eight. So he's probably seven, I guess, when the announcement was made. And he was just jazzed about it. Like he was excited about it. He was not, you know, there was no, there was never with him any inkling of like jealousy or, you know, I don't want a brother or anything like that. He was as surprised as I was, I think. But he was, he was fucking jazzed by it. I'm sitting on a bench sharing a beer with his son. I got some news, man. Oh, fuck. Oh, God. Son's like, yeah, that happened to me too, man. But yeah, I don't think, I don't think we made it a big deal. I don't remember it being like a big, heavy conversation or anything. So I didn't like take him out to lunch or anything, you know, and like sit him down and we just told him. He was happy. He was excited. So. Well, this is, uh, I think this is maybe some good parenting advice for all the time, possibly because I think, well, A, it depends a lot on the kid, obviously. That's always the answer.

Depends on the kid. be some good parenting advice for all the time, possibly, because I think, well,

A, it depends a lot on the kid, obviously. That's always the answer. It depends on the kid.

And it depends on the age gap, too. Tom, I know you're working with a much different age gap than I was.

But I think in general, if you can include your kids rather than talk at them, it's always better.

Oh, no. The cops come when you do that.

And for Phoebe, it works perfectly because Phoebe is such a this type of person where we were like,

hey, you're going to have a baby brother. And, you know, we're going to need your help, like

feeding him and, you know, comforting him and doing, you know, and, you know, kids are so

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