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What Was The First Lawnmower You Remember?
I still have fond memories of my dad walking me through the safety steps and the row by row method of mowing the lawn. I don’t even remember how old I was. I started on our old, nasty Sears push mower. Later, we got a rider lawn mower! I remember getting in trouble for treating it more like a go cart! So what’s your memory of your dad teaching you to mow the lawn and what was that first mower? Lawn Boy? Toro? Push? Rider? Was it one of those old school, manual, motorless mowers? Tweet
read moreRadio Dad podcast #5! Older Dad On The Road & Spring Cleaning!
In this episode of Radio Dad with Mike Austin, Mike talks with his friend, Scott Long (comedian and writer for Fox Sports) about being on the road doing stand-up comedy and being an older dad. Then Mike interviews Gregg Stebbin from Men’s Health magazine about getting into the garage with the kids for a little Spring cleaning and the lessons learned there....
read moreMike Talks With Pat Campbell About Dads, Coaches & Sportsmanship!
With Summer on the way, youth baseball and softball has already started. we here and read stories every year about dads who get way too aggressive in the bleachers. From yelling at the umpire to openly criticizing the coach to flat out yelling and over coaching their sons & daughters from the stands, dads (and some moms) can get carried away. These actions, I have to believe, come mostly from dads trying to get the best experience for their son or daughter, but sometimes it can come from a need to live their own youth through their...
read moreTap into Your Inner Tarzan In a Treehouse!
When I was a kid, seemed like we all had some sort of a fort, an away place we could pretend to be superheroes or fighting off the enemy…..like some of our dads did in Korea, WWII or Viet Nam. These “forts” were usually just some scrap wood and brush, stacked, nailed and piled up to make a shelter of some kind. A few of my friends went the extra mile to create and build treehouses. Now keep in mind these were the days before giant home improvement stores with entire sections of outdoor, pre-fab, easy to construct,...
read moreGet Away From The “Culture of Casual”…Dads show your sons this vid of Tim Tebow….he dressed up….not down.
I just watched this video of Tim Tebow at his press conference with the Jets. Notice he dressed up for the occasion. Dad, if you’re tired of watching your sons and even daughters show up for special events dressed like they’re ready for a day at the park or beach or like they just don’t care because “it’s comfortable” or “this is ME” or “I don’t like to get dressed up”. Think about most sports figures even the play by play and commentators on TV, they’re all dressed...
read moreDad….The King of his castle…..and his young knights.
My youngest son, Joseph, is smitten with all things Medieval. He has a collection of knights on horses, a sword and helmet (toys of course, the sword is foam rubber) and a shield, he sometimes uses the knight name “Sir Carter” (don’t know how he came up with that one) and he and I made a small castle for his toy knights (check back here for a video on how to make a castle out of cardboard boxes…soon!). So I’ve been thinking about those days of old and us dads. I like to think of our house as our castle. It’s been...
read moreThe “Choking Game” has NOT gone away!
I’m just reading an article about an old topic we’ve covered a couple of times here at radiodad.com and on our radio show nationwide. Several years ago I was made aware of a sick game then middle school kids were playing called “The Choking Game” or “Pass Out” or “Space Monkey”, whatever you call it…it’s deadly! The “Choking Game” is played individually or in groups and consists of cutting off the intake of air and/or blood flow to the brain for just enough time to...
read moreRadio Dad (Podcast #4) recorded March 17th- (March Madness & Gambling / Public Discipline & Humiliation / The “Huggies” controversy- interview with Vince DiCaro)
In the latest episode of our Radio Dad podcast (#4), after a brief chat about March Madness & gambling addiction, Mike talk a little about the latest story of parents going to the extreme to make a point….too far?… listen and tell what YOU think….then Mike interviews Vince Dicaro of The National Fatherhood Initiative about those Huggies diaper commercials depicting a room full of dads who put the diapers to the dad test (Huggies has since pulled the ads and are in contact with several fathers groups to have a more...
read moreHere’s the NEW Radio Dad PODCAST (Episode #3)
Just finished with producing our latest podcast and getting it loaded to Soundcloud! In this episode we talk with “The Lyin’ Tamer”, Janine Driver. Janine is a body language expert and has worked with the FBI and CIA on interrogation techniques and she’s appeared on Dr. Oz and Fox News among many others. Janine talks with Mike Austin about knowing and recognizing the body language your child displays when telling you a lie. Also, Mike has another dad-preneuer! Doug Bacon is a dad who needed a better way to get...
read moreDads & Kids Hiking….ANY Season!
MIke Austin takes his kids out after an early Spring snow, to take in some nature.
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