Episode 6 Part 1: Papa Johns and the Peculiar Problem with Expectations

06/13/23 • 46 min

We all have expectations of ourselves, of others, of our kids. Your probably expecting me to make this description a little wacky and funny, this time around though I will be subverting those expectations. The conversation tonight centers around an anecdote that Frank the Tank tells. This one gets a little heavy and will challenge you to really take the topic to heart. This is also a two part episode as we had another story to tell about expectations and it would be too much for just one episode. So please, join us on this journey as we tackle the topic of expectations and how they can affect both parent and child.

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Episode 5: Dadurday morning cartoons - Discussing the Dilemma of the Doofus Dad

Its time to discuss the elephant in the room. The glowing cathode ray tube (or LED or Plasma screen) of moving pictures that parents trust their kids to watch and in turn watch their kids. The famous third parent of the modern age, the TV and its slanderous and hurtful depictions of fathers through the years. In reality how often can media depict a father as a bumbling ball of idiocy before children start to believe dads are certified 100% grade A dumb-asses. All i know is we grew up watching these dumb ass dad and it makes you wonder how much those depictions affected us in the end. So in conclusion....... wont some one think of the children and their TV soaked eyeballs.

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Episode 6 Part 2: The Geometric Perspective on Accepting the Unexpected

....Well that umm...... that got kind of dark there, but i think it took us to an interesting place we can learn from. With that said episode 6 Part 1 is in our rear view and this spaceship is taking off without looking back to take us to Episode 6 part 2. Were on the look out for new type of geometry to fit our new thoughts on expectations into, new ways to arrange the expectations we have and finding ways to fit those oddly shaped unexpected aspects of life into our accepted paradigm. All this to say that having seen the dark side of expectations lets emerge into a more hopeful part of the conversation and learn to accept the unexpected in ourselves and our children.