Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future

Proud papa today.

Ruin a movie title by putting Scott Bakula in it. I’ll start:

“To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Scott Bakula”

…and also with you.

Moana 2 is the Dukes of Hazzard Coy and Vance episodes of Moanas.

When your kid is crying, you'll never go wrong with simply sitting with them and giving comfort.

A of of y’all missed out on the childhood experience of having two Darrins, or *shudder* Coy and Vance, and it shows.

Mighty bold of me to tell my kid we can’t listen to the same song over and over again on the ride to school like my ADHD self isn’t going to do exactly that on the drive to work after I drop her off.

Happy 92nd birthday to Willie Nelson, pictured here at age 5 in 1938.

White male allyship also looks like talking to the bros in your life with the same thought and patience as Pete Buttigieg.

Connection over compliance. #parenting

Half of good parenting is keeping your sh*t together in the middle of your kids losing theirs.

Always.

On the morning walk before school, 8yo spots a cardboard food carton on the side of the road.

“It’s like they’re littering to give us more work to do on Earth Day!”

Happy Earth Day, everybody.

The goal isn’t to not mess up your kids at all. Just less than what your parents did you. #Parenting #Dads #DadLife #Parents #RaisingKids #GentleParenting #MindfulParenting

Listen, I know I’m going to mess my kids up a little bit. The goal is to mess them up much less than my own parents did.

Say “I’m sorry” to your kids when you mess up. Every time. #Parenting

Normalize saying, “Welcome to the resistance”’when a former MAGA admits they were wrong.

Part II could have been so much shorter. #BackToTheFuture

I saw somebody say that a sly way to steal someone’s content is to start your post with “I saw somebody say…” and end it with “…and I can’t stop thinking about that”, and I can’t stop thinking about that.

This joke is fly. #dadjokes

Happy Good Friday to everyone, especially the Jesus followers who actually follow his teachings on love, compassion, and inclusion, and are doing what they can to help the marginalized.

Happy Good Friday to everyone, especially the Jesus followers who actually follow his teachings on love, compassion, and inclusion, and are doing what they can to help the marginalized.

Autocorrect Fun Fact: There’s only a one letter difference between ‘autopay’ and ‘autopsy.’

Saying “I’m sorry” to your kids doesn’t make you weak. It teaches them love includes accountability.

#Parenting

There are two kinds of silence in parenting: the terrifying kind, and the sacred kind. Learn to tell the difference.

Happy Sunday to everyone except the folks going to church with Jesus on their lips and MAGA in their hearts.

When you give your kids grace and understanding you didn’t get from grownups when you were young, your inner child heals.