Topics covered:

• Overview of Disney Genie + Lightening Lane
• Overview of Disney Genie + Individual Lightening Lane
• Is Genie + worth it?
• How Dave used Genie + to maximize his family's time at the park

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Resources:

• Episode 5 - What to do if your child is missing

• A review of 2021
• Our favorite episodes and why
• What we've learned about parenting this year
• What we're looking forward to in 2022

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Resources:

• What to do if your child is missing
• What to look for in a great board game for kids
• The challenges of fatherhood
• From one father to another
• How to be a good father
• Screentime for kids
• Preparing for a move
• Sleepovers for kids

This is Dave. Jim and I are off this week spending some time with our families but stay tuned for next week’s episode where we reflect on our favorite episodes of 2021 and what we learned about parenting this year. In the meantime we wish you a happy and safe holiday season and  we’ll talk to you next week.

• our family traditions
• believing in Santa
• teaching the kids about charity
• new year's resolutions and goal setting for the kids

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Resources:

• How Much Do You Spend on Christmas Presents for Your Kids?
• This Simple “Rule of 4” Can Tame the Holiday Overspending Parents do on Their Kids
• Angel tree 
• Delancy Street Foundation
• Ep 6 - Allowance and chores

• Life skills we learned growing up
• What kind of skills we’re currently teaching our kids
• Any gender-specific skills we’re teaching
• Future skills we plan on teaching

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Resources:

• Papa est fatigue Ep 6 – Kids and money
• Papa est fatigue Ep 13 – After-school activities for kids

"How was your day?"

"Ok."

"What did you do?"

"Nothing."

It can feel like pulling teeth trying to find how things are going with your child so today we're discussing some of the tricks we use to get our kids to talk about their days. We'll cover:

• General recommendations on how to get your kids to talk
• How we get our kids to engage
• Ideas from Reddit

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Resources:

• Why Kids Don't Want to Talk About Their Day (and How to Get Them to Open Up Anyway)
• 10 Ways to Get Kids to Open Up About Their Day, According to Lifehacker Readers
• One question my daughter can’t stand: ‘How was your day?’
• Why Ages 2-7 Matter So Much for Brain Development

• Highlights of the testimony
• Our initial reactions
• How we are preparing our children for social media
• Whether the information makes us think differently about having our kids join social media and when they might be ready

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Resources:

• Facebook aware of Instagram’s harmful effect on teenage girls, leak reveals
• Facebook documents show how toxic Instagram is for teens, Wall Street Journal reports
• Parents sound off on testimony about the harms of Facebook and Instagram
• Here are 4 key points from the Facebook whistleblower's testimony on Capitol Hill
• Facebook whistleblower testifies company 'is operating in the shadows, hiding its research from public scrutiny'
• Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen tells lawmakers that meaningful reform is necessary ‘for our common good’
• Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

• The primary activities our kids do online
• Our online rules
• Ways we control access
• Websites that are off limits
• What we’ve taught our kids about online safety
• Advice from Consumer Reports

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Resources:

• Smith Micro Survey Finds that Parents Rely on a Myriad of Technology to Protect their Kids Online
• 80 Percent of Parents Think Technology Has Made Parenting More Difficult, Causes Kids to Grow Up Faster
• Internet Safety for Kids:How to Protect Your Child From Online Danger

• A changing table
• A wipe warmer
• Diaper disposal system
• Special baby detergent
• Bassinets
• Expensive crib bedding
• High chairs
• Baby food processor
• Diaper bags
• The most useless products we purchased or were given
• The most useful products we purchased or were given

Resources:

• https://www.parents.com/parenting/money/baby-items-you-dont-need/
• Comotomo bottles
• UPPABaby Vista Stroller
• Pack and Play
• Uniqlo clothes
• GB Pockit stroller
• Britex clicktight car seat

• What are kids are going to be for Halloween
• Our plans for Halloween
• Rules around costumes and candy eating
• What time we're going to start trick or treating
• Some safety tips

Resources:

• The Halloween Candy You Give Out Reveals How Much You Care About Status
• Halloween safety guide: Illustrated tips for parents, trick-or-treaters amid COVID pandemic - USA Today
• Halloween is on! Just follow these 6 rules to keep kids safe

• Check in on how school is going
• How we handle summer birthdays
• At what age we’re ok with our daughters piercing their ears
• Whether our oldest are using the iPad for video calls
• Any clothing restrictions we have
• When and how to have the “sex talk”

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Resources:

• Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts

• Tips from a therapist
• Our advice and what works for us when engaging out kids

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Resources:

• How fathers can avoid pitfalls of shifting parenting roles, according to a therapist

• How our fathers modeled what it meant to be a good father
• Our concerns/worries about being a father
• What does ‘being a good father’ mean to us and what guiding principles we have
• How do we reflect these guiding principles in our day-to-day lives

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Resources:

• 25 Simple But Powerful Things Every Great Dad Does
• The Awesome Dad Cheat Sheet: 18 Fatherhood Tips They Should’ve Handed Out at the Delivery Room
• How To Be A Good Father: Tips & Advice For Dads
• How to Be a Better Father In 10 Steps
• What Does It Take to Be a Good Dad?
• 30 Men Share What Terrified Them Most About Becoming Dads
• Top 10 New Dad Fears

During this episode we’ll share our thoughts on the following parenting tips:

• When to give in to your child
• Handling our emotions
• Accepting help from others
• What baby products to splurge on
• Being part of the clean plate club
• And more

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Resources:

• 10 Parenting Mistakes We Should Learn From Before it's Too Late, According to Reddit
• GB Pocket stroller
• Papa Est Fatigué Ep 29: back to school

In today’s episode, Dave shares a personal experience with suicide and postpartum depression. Dave will also provide some information on the signs of postpartum depression from the Mayo Clinic.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing postpartum depression, please seek professional advice.

Resources:

• Postpartum depression from the Mayo Clinic
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

During this episode we’ll discuss our favorite parenting tips and tricks for:

• Parents of newborns/expecting parents
• Mealtimes
• Nighttime routine
• School
• Travel

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Resources:

• Wubbanubs
• Calm app
• Papa est Fatigué episode 28 - Sleepover podcast
• GB Pocket stroller
• Papa est Fatigué episode 5 - Getting separated from your child

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• What does Papa est Fatigué mean and where did the name Papa est Fatigué come from
• How did the business come about
• What listeners should expect to take away from this podcast
• Our favorite episode(s) and why
• What we’ve learned from the podcast
• What is our greatest challenge with being a father

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Resources:

• Papa est Fatigué episode 2 - Sleep deprivation
• Papa est Fatigué episode 5 - Getting separated from your child
• Papa est Fatigué episode 6 - Chores and allowance
• Papa est Fatigué episode 10 - What to look for in a great board game
• Papa est Fatigué episode 4 - Soon to be parents
• Papa est Fatigué episode 8 - What to do when you’re expecting a second child
• Papa est Fatigué episode 21 - Challenges of being a father
• Papa est Fatigué episode 26 - Books, apps, and media recommendations

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Catching up on our summer
• Our back to school traditions
• Issues our kids have had with back to school and how we’ve handled them
• How Jim prepared his girls to start at a new school
• Our concerns going back to school this year
• Tips from Stanford Health on how to help your child adjust to a new school year, and any anxiety parents might have 

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Resources:

• 5 Questions: Elizabeth Reichert on Handling Back-to-School Anxiety in a Pandemic

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Sleepovers when we were young
• Our kids’ current sleepover experience
• Whether our oldest have been asking about sleepovers
• Sleepover advice from the Alliance for Children
• Any concerns or requirements we have for sleepovers
• Thoughts on co-ed sleepovers
• Thoughts on sleepover during COVID

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Resources:

• Tent Sleepovers: The Extravagant Party Kids Are Craving in 2021
• Safe sleepovers

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Our own upbringing and gender roles when we were kids
• Our thoughts on the findings of the study
• How we handle gender roles and stereotypes

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Resources:

·     Let It Go? Disney Princess Culture Isn’t Toxic, Study Finds

During this episode we’ll discuss:

·     Our favorite books, apps, TV and movies for out kids and why they’re our favorites

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Resources:

Additional Papa Est Fatigué episodes:

• Movie night
• Screentime podcast

Books:

• Elephant and Piggie
• Pidgeon
• Chris Houghton Oh no George, I’ve got a plan, Little Owl Lost
• Amelia Bedelia
• Boxcar Series
• Cat Ninja
• City Spies
• Stewart little
• Ramona
• Crieghton Times Square
• Roald Dahl
• Harry Potter series
• Kai and the Monkey King, Arthur and the Golden Rope, Marcie and the Pharaoh's Secret (Brownstone family mythology series)
• Spy School
• Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Princess in Black series
• Greetings from Somewhere series
• Ada Lace
• Investing for Kids
• The Everything Kids Money Book
• Mad Scientist Academy series
• What Do You Do With series
• I Am series (Ordinary People change the world)

Movies and TV shows

• Wild Kratz
• Word Girl
• Story Bots
• Super Y 
• Netflix originals: multiple languages
• Lego masters
• Disney + docuseries
• My Octopus Teacher
• Studio Ghibli

Apps

• Storyline Online
• Dualingo
• Queens and Castles
• RingFit
• Kodable
• Osmo: math, logic, coding with physical pieces
• Graphogame: learning to read
• Epic: reading app
• Geocaching

Games

• Catan Jr.
• Spot it
• Apple to Apples
• Duck a roo
• Flash Point (firefighting board game)
• Game Wright games
• Outfoxed
• Zeus on the Loose
• Sushi Go
• Forbidden island

Subscription boxes

• KiwiCo
• Little Passports
• Groovy Lab in a Box

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• What lessons Dave’s grandfather passed on to his dad, which was ultimately passed on to Dave
• What parenting aspects Dave picked up from his dad
• How Dave’s parents approached building trust between parent and child

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Mealtime when we were growing up
• What mealtime looks like for us now
• Our biggest challenges around mealtime and eating
• Rules we have around mealtime and eating
• Mealtime tips and tricks

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Resources:

• When Do You Worry About a Picky Eater?
• Harvard EdCast: The Benefit of Family Mealtime
• Managing allowance episode

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How we prepared for our first child
• What we wish we knew before becoming fathers - from lack of sleep to the passage of time

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Resources:

• Call me Grandma
• Tiny Beans
• Pix Star

Additional podcasts to listen to:

• How to support new parents
• Advice for soon to be parents
• The Expectant Father: Sleep Edition

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Our initial thoughts on learning we were having girls
• Specific things we do because we have daughters
• Things that might be harder with girls
• Advice for fathers who may be apprehensive about having a daughter 

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Resources:

• Strengthening Father-Daughter Relationships

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Needing time to recharge
• Mealtimes
• Social issues

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Resources:

• 8 facts about American dads

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• When and how did we start movie night
• How movie night works in our homes
• What is the process for choosing a movie
• How do we find movies

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Resources:

• 5 Tips to Make Family Movie Night a Success
• Common Sense Media

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Jim discusses his current and future housing situations
• How Jim is preparing the kids for the move
• Any concerns Jim has for the girls with the move
• How the move is likely to affect each girl given their age differences
• Recommendations for preparing kids for a move

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How we taught out kids to ride bikes
• How we manage picky eaters
• What we do to prepare for parent teacher conferences
• How we deal with social interactions at school
• Dave asks for advice on a school-theft

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How the new mask guidelines affect them
• What our risk tolerance is given the decrease in COVID cases in the US
• When we plan to return to extracurricular/after school activities

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Screen time during remote learning
• How remote learning affect screen time rules
• What are the acceptable uses for screen time in our homes
• How much screen time our kids get
• What is off limits

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Resources:

• 6 tips to reduce children's screen time
• Kids are spending more hours on screens than ever. Should parents worry?
• As Kids’ Screen Time Surges During The Pandemic, Here’s What Research Suggests
• Kids’ screen time up 50% during pandemic
• Reducing Screen Time After A Year Of Screen Reliance
• Epic
• Kodable
• Stories online
• Graphogames
• Osmo
• Duck Duck Moose

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• What our family situations were like for our first-born
• What kind of help we got and from whom
• Areas we felt we could have used more help

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How much travel we do in a normal year
• How much travel we’ve done during COVID
• Any trips we’re planning for 2021
• Tips for road trips
• Tips for airplane travel

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Resources:

• Ready to Travel in 2021? New Research Uncovers 3 Pandemic Trip Planning Tactics You Should Know Before You Go
• Roadtrippers
• Crayola Mess Free
• Melissa and Doug Color Wow
• Stories podcast
• GB Pocket stroller
• Cosco car seat
• Jiobit

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• What kids of extracurriculars we did growing up
• Our philosophy on extracurricular activities
• When I kids started in after-school programs
• What after-school activities we did pre-COVID
• What extracurriculars we’re doing now

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Resources:

• School Engagement Higher for Children Involved in Extracurricular Activities
• 8 In 10 Parents Think Kids’ Extracurricular Activities May One Day Lead To Income

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• concerns about when to give our kids their first phones
• relationships between children
• whether we try to keep our kids with their best friends when moving grades
• how we carve out little time for the kids

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How we grew up
• What our current parenting situation is
• How we make time to spend with our kids

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Resources:

• Want to Raise Happy, Emotionally Healthy Kids? Research Shows How You Spend Time Together Matters More Than the Number of Hours.
• The Invisible Scars Adult Children Of Workaholics Bring To Their Careers.

During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Why board games are important to us
• How and where we learn about board games and other tabletop games
• What are the attributes we look for in a good game
• Our favorite games and game companies

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How we carve out little time for the kids
• Boys vs girls and trying to raise a gender-neutral child
• Personality traits our oldest daughters are starting to show
• Using school pick up and drop off to squeeze out a little more quality time with the kids
• Our favorite ages for the kids  

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How we prepared our oldest child to become an older sibling
• The first interaction between our first born and our second born
• Signs of regression and other impacts to our oldest child
• Present-day challenges of having two children
• The main differences between having two children vs on child

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Jim discusses how he teaches his kids about gratitude
• The importance of family dinners
• Small ways we find time to carve out quality time with our kids
• The importance of moments of mindfulness and how quickly kids change
• Making sure to record the little things
• Dave discusses how he uses all those photos of his kids

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• The Advantages of a Bilingual Education
• Tiny Beans

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Our philosophies on giving kids money
• Why or why aren’t our kid’s allowance tied to chores
• How much allowance our kids get
• Any restrictions we have place on how our kids spend their money
• And whether we use any apps or other tools to help manage our children’s money

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• RoosterMoney survey
• Greenlight app

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• Best practices if you get separated from your child
• Some examples of how we got separated from our kids
• Our own procedures for quickly reuniting with our children should we get separated

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• You Probably Don't Know the Most Important Thing to Do If You Lose Your Child in Public
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Jiobit

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During this episode we’ll discuss:

• How to prepare in the months leading up to your child’s birth
• What to do in the hospital
• How to prepare for returning home with your newborn

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• 5 Expert Tips on the Correct Way to Install a Child Car Seat
• Pix-Star photo frame
• Podcast: The expectant father: sleep edition
• Podcast: How our kids are interacting with their grandparents during COVID

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During this episode we discuss:

• The benefits of being bilingual
• How we introduced our kids to a second language early on
• What is an immersion language program
• Why we chose to put our kids in immersion language programs
• What our experiences have been and any concerns we had/have in immersion language programs

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• The Effect of Dual-Language Immersion on Student Achievement in the Portland Public Schools
• 6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education
• Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English
• Immersion Programs Teach Much More Than Another Language
• 5 Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism: The Bilingual Brain Advantage
• The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual

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During this episode we discuss:

• The findings from a study on how much sleep parents lose with newborns
• Our experience with sleep and sleep deprivation with our first borns
• How things changed with our second children
• How our children’s sleep behaviors have changed as they’ve gotten older

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• How Long Do Parents Lose Sleep After Having a Kid? You Should Probably Sit Down
• Original Sleep study

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During this episode we cover:

• What grandparent/grandchild interactions were before COVID
• How COVID has change the grandparent/grandchild relationship
• Some things that have worked, and some ideas moving forward

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Dave’s mom’s website for project ideas: Call Me Grandma
• The digital photo frame that Dave gave his parents: Pixstar WiFi Cloud Digital Picture Frame
• The outdoor movie projector that Jim got for Christmas: Anker Nebula MARS II Pro

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