Tom, Stu and Olly are about to become Dads. What will the impact be on their respective relationships? Why does society appear to offer such a lack of support to first-time fathers?
Which gadgets would they recommend to future dads? And is there such a thing as male post-natal depression? I'm just trying to get to bath-time". How should one celebrate a one year-old's birthday? Is Baby Sign Language a waste of time? Are toddler tantrums 'the terrible twos' are about to become a way of life? What is 'benign neglect', 'career lag', and 'over-parenting'?
And why are we still living in the shadow of Supernanny? How can you control a toddler with no concept of time? Should you pretend to be religious to get your kids into a better primary school? Locked in their homes with their children during a global pandemic, can our trio turn mundane household tasks into games? And how DO you explain coronavirus to a four year-old? Is it ok to swear freely in front of a seven year old boy? In this ninth installment, the Dads discuss using Frozen 2 as a teaching device, the pitfalls of monitoring WhatsApp messages, and the foolproof way to extract young children from softplayβ¦.
They recorded a series of podcasts about it. In these blisteringly honest, laugh-out-loud conversations, the three Dads compare notes on the realities, blessings and hardships of fatherhood - from supporting their wives in pregnancy, to potty-training a toddler, and preparing a preschooler for the playgroundβ¦.
Part 1 - November Part 2 - May "Having a child obliterates the person that you were. Part 3 - January "You're trying to control everything. Part 4 - December View fullsize. Part 6 - April Part 8 - August Part 9 - August After that: who can say? Part 10 - August
