Millennial Dad Md

Equipped with national statistics and anecdotal evidence, we unearth how the current crisis in over-medication and mental illness (particularly with PM's) is certainly linked to tech. Advice to Millennial parents on grappling with the necessity of screens and devices along with the need to have the occasional digital detox. Technology is literally changing our genes in 2018, but it needn't be for the worst.

What is the line between internet exploitation and friendly digital sharing? We discuss the ethically gray universe of family-oriented Instagram Influencer and YouTube stars -- and how we've gone from carrying one photo of our children in our wallets to tagging them in ten thousand for the whole world to see (and without their permission). 

There's actually a fourth part of Turducken (I know!) -- it's called family; why and how Thanksgiving can bring us together despite its obvious beige-colored restraints.

From Russia (and Virginia) with love: My uncle's odyssey of adopting his son.  Deconstructing nature vs. nurture, Boomers vs Millennials and when you should stop letting your kid win.

Do we all get Eternal Sunshine memory wipes for our fifth birthday? Confronting the strong possibility your child won't remember any of their first half-decade and how maybe, it won't matter.

The best way to avoid a divorce is to never get married. But, these things happen. A look at the stigma of divorcees, men's rights in divorce court and how a child of divorce needn't be doomed. 

Tooth fairies, Santa and death. Want to tell your kids the truth? Why, when and how we lie to our children (and when they return the favor).

Having kids is so sick. No, like really, they will get very sick. A conversation about medical crises and prevention. Obviously, consult with your pediatrician before listening to this podcast.

Until there's Tinder for playdates, you're going to have it do it the old-school way. Protocol, etiquette and rules for you and your child approaching strangers and their children. Also, kids get bored sometimes apparently. What?!

Kids are crazy. Parents are crazy. Parenting makes you crazy. (We're all crazy). A frank discussion of the often too-stigmatized issue of mental health in this country, as it applies to dads, moms, children and everyone. 

The best gift I've given my father is being a father.  In this episode, I interview my father, Russ Amundsen on his own experience being a father, now grandfather and his perspective on how I am doing as a parent.