Dad Szn Show

Dad Szn Show Episode 12: Helping Your Kid With Anxiety

With anxiety a feature of 21st century life, parents are confronted with not only dealing with their own anxious feelings, but those of their children. As dads are relatively new entrants into this field of emotional labor, Denny talks about his experience helping his kids cope with anxiety, and trying his best not to shield them from those hard feelings. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 11: Stop Helicoptering, Parents

Raised in a climate of ceaseless fear and anxiety, poisoned by media obsesses with violence, millennials had no choice but to become helicopter parents. Denny will talk about the downside of helicopter parenting and what kids lose with this approach, along with research suggesting helicopter parenting (intensive parenting) might actually work for academic success. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 10: One Weird Trick to Achieve Work-Life Balance

Denny talks about grind culture seeping into every part of our lives and the growing challenges of separating work from home life, especially for those who work from home. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 9: Starbursts, Sleep, and Single Parent Szn

Denny talks about the importance of letting your kids feel hard feelings, the importance of sleep, and how lessons from the single parent life -- courtesy of his friend Nathan Wells -- can translate for any parent. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 8: The Problem With Good Cop, Bad Cop Parenting

Using the good cop-bad cop strategy might work in the short term, but it could have long-term consequences for your kid, who could be thoroughly confused by this dynamic. We'll talk about strategies to avoid this parenting dynamic. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 7: The Kids Are Not Alright (Online)

Denny will talk about recent research showing the harmful effects of internet and social media exposure on children, and what parents can do about it in a perpetually logged-on society.

Dad Szn Show Episode 6: Pete Overzet The Dad

Denny and Pete -- former Fantasy Mensa partners and longtime friends -- talk about the challenges of creating and maintaining routines while being an involved dad. Pete shares his tips and tricks for getting a little exercise without sacrificing kid-related responsibilities. The guys also talk about what shows/YouTube videos their kids are watching these days. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 5: Your Right To Be Interesting

Denny talks about ways to remain interested in passions and hobbies and find the interesting person you were before kids. Also, Bluey's annoyingly good dad. 

Dad Szn Show Episode 4: RotoPat The Dad

Denny hosts his NBC Sports colleague, Patrick Daugherty, who talks about his experience with authoritarian parenting and how to work with your child and partner to avoid power struggles in the home. 

Dad Szn Episode 3: Tips And Tricks For Rookie Dads

We'll chat about various ways not to totally up your first couple years as a dad, and how those lessons can easily be carried over into later fatherhood.