DadTails

Life, family, faith & business — one drink at a time. A weekly show, two dads. A personal project—views our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

"It's not about what you get or what you have, or what the outcome of the journey was. It's who you became on the journey."

This week on DadTails: Bigger Barns.

Full episode: https://t.co/nOMzAWrdXW

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

Pull up a chair. The Bench is a monthly table from DadTails. Ep 1, Opening Night: https://t.co/NTSGalaxUT

[DadTails @DadTails]

"Why would I make her go do soccer just because I like soccer?"

Let them lead. Ep 10: https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

"I will never, ever be upset about a result in anything if I know that you gave your best effort."

Ep 10: https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

"Most people are just trying to get by."

Get off the feed, touch grass, love your neighbor. The Bench: https://t.co/NTSGalaxUT

[DadTails @DadTails]

"You sign up for something, you're on the team. See it through."

Ep 10: https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

When was the last time your kids saw you get it wrong, and saw you make it right?

Ep 9: https://t.co/3yIBs1ojmH

[DadTails @DadTails]

What are youth sports for?

"It's not to make money… It's to fail. Learn how to pick yourself up when you fail."

https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

Kids don't need a dad who never loses it.

They need one who comes back and owns it.

Ep 9, Let Them See It: https://t.co/3yIBs1ojmH

[DadTails @DadTails]

Homework: what's on your kids' list? John's boys say twenty lines every morning, starting with "I'm strong, I'm happy, I'm brave."

[DadTails @DadTails]

Fr. Walter Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and labor camps and wrote He Leadeth Me about it.

On Ep 10: the status quo that quietly carries us from one day to the next. https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

Our daughters are watching how we treat their mom.

Whatever we model is what they'll learn to tolerate from a future spouse.

Ep 9: https://t.co/3yIBs1ojmH

[DadTails @DadTails]

Homework: apologize to your kid for something this week. Out loud. Name what you did.

Then tell us how it went.

[DadTails @DadTails]

"Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain." (Psalm 127:1)

Ordering things rightly, on Ep 10: https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

Is AI going to kill us all, or is that the hype talking? The Bench took the floor on it.

https://t.co/NTSGalaxUT

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

The Ep 10 pour: the Perfect Manhattan. 2 oz rye, ½ oz sweet vermouth, ½ oz dry vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura. Stirred, served up.

https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

"How do you say you're sorry? How do you forgive and ask to be forgiven?"

Your kids will model it with their friends, and one day with their spouse.

Ep 9: https://t.co/3yIBs1ojmH

[DadTails @DadTails]

"It's okay for your kids to see you fail. It's okay to make mistakes." — Ryan, DadTails Ep 9

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

"Homie, he's eight. You got time."

What are youth sports actually for?

Ep 10, Pay to Play: https://t.co/Tet1YK4Kyg

Views are our own, not our employers'.

[DadTails @DadTails]

We want our house to be a place where people say sorry. Where mistakes are okay, as long as we own them and learn from them.

Ep 9: https://t.co/3yIBs1ojmH