Take a trip to paradise with the Burieds as they tell you all about the amazing vacation they took to the Paradisus Cancun! Mom and Dad and Buried partnered with the all-inclusive resort where they took advantage of the beautiful beaches, multiple pools, and bottomless drinks-- because they brought their kids along too. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Which, as every parent knows, technically made it a "trip" and not a vacation. Hear all about it - including their triumphant Escape Room experience (thanks to...

The Dad and Buried Podcast returns with Dad and Buried and Mom and Buried, who kick off a new season of the show with a recap of what they’ve been up to - a surprisingly fun trip to Disney World, a first grader losing his teeth, an almost-teen gaining an attitude - and what is in store for the rest of the summer - a vacation in paradise, life with a new teenager, and a much-needed cleaning of the junk drawer. Welcome back! Please pardon the swears—12yos are a pain in the ass! Support us...

Mike and Heather (@momandburied) get into all the ways we can be the best parent we can be. It's a VERY short. The rest of the time they list all the ways they could be better. Enjoy! Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen here:  iTunes: https://apple.co/2UZeMbH Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2U1888t Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HYvzI7 Anchor: https://bit.ly/2JK4FGC Overcast: https://bit.ly/2I2ik9B Google Podcasts:...

Ahh Christmas. The holiday that tries to be one thing but ultimately is about another.  Parents seem to fall into two camps; those who listened attentively to their spouse and kids throughout the year and bought all presents by November 1st and those of us who now blame lack of presents on "supply chain issues." There are those that give physical gifts and and those that give experiences. In Mike's case he was able to give his wife heather both! When he gave her a physical gift of a...

Let me drop a little math on you; Holidays = In-laws. Boom. Bam. Move over Hawking. Thanks Newton, but I'm good. I just proved the transient property of how your In-Laws WILL show up at your house for holidays. [Nasal voice} "But we normally go to them." Whatever dude, Math isn't an exact science, everyone knows that. Here's the point: you can't have the holidays without the In Laws. For better or worse it' just  a fact and I just "mathed" it. You know who else "mathed" it? Mike and Pete who...

Have you heard? Parenting kids is hard! Yeah, the new study just came in, from me, and it's true #science. As parents, the number 1 thing you need to do is keep a united front. To do that you need to be, y'know, "united."  How do you unite after all the screaming and crying (not to mention what your kids are doing)? You have a date night. It's a time to reconnect. But more importantly, it's time alone, together. Y'know, to strategize how to keep those little buggers in place. Some of the most...

There are times as a parent your kid, the same kid who barely talks to you, will stand up in front of guests at a party and recite Shakespeare. Ok, fine, that's almost never happened. But, BUT, there are things similar that your kids will do or you're told your kid did that leave you with one simple question "My kid did that?!" Mike and Pete get to the bottom of all the different ways your kid has blown you away in the most surprising way (it's just two). Enjoy! Support us...

We know parents have it tough, but do our kids? A lot's changed since we were kids. Enrique Iglesias was crushing the charts, Smashmouth was a thing, and flying cars is what we had to look forward to in 2021. Maybe the biggest thing that's changed has been parenting styles. Have we gone from "suck" to "blow" in one generation? Too many participation trophies? Too few boundaries? Have we overcorrected? No, no. It's the KIDS who are wrong! Yeah, it's always those damn kids. Well an...

It's been a year and a half since parents took on the mantle of being full time teachers on top of everything else we have going on. While in some households lockdowns meant that child mortality skyrocketed, especially around bedtime [JUST BRUSH YOUR TEEEEEEETH!!], others have lived some kind of Swiss Family Robinson kinda life  and now it's all come crashing down as their kids are FINALLY back in school. Hard to relate I know, but here on the Dad & Buried podcast we're nothing if not 1)...

I believe the children are the future. We have to teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside...Ahem, had to be done. But are we really getting our kids ready for what the future brings? Are we too over protective? Or are we not protective enough over things like social media habits? Or how are kids use the internet? As always Mike and Pete tackle this hefty topic with a mix research, skill and aplomb. JK they just wing it. Enjoy! Support us...

It's been about six weeks since Mike and Heather (aka @dadandburied and @momandburied) talked with each other, so they decided to record it, y'know for posterity. That's a joke. It's been about three weeks. Mike and Heather catch up on their lives vacationing with the kids, to sending them to new schools, to the kid's birthdays. They parent two adorable children who make it all worth it..sometimes. Enjoy! Support us...

The great parenting philosopher Thanos summed it up best when asked by a small child, "what did it cost?" [Thanos]: "Everything." The sacrifice is real and... [looks down at shoes and kicks a stone] worth it. When you become a parent there are some things you know you have to give up like being in a rock band, or wingsuiting. But then there's other things that you never thought you'd have to give up like going out with friends, video games or doing class A drugs. The two other great parenting...

Alright stop, collaborate and listen, D&B is back with a brand new edition...Ok, sorry I'll stop (no one reads this anyway). But Mike and Pete are back with more dad-related parenting insights than EVER! What's that? There were no insights to begin with? Well, that's your opinion. We're pickin' it up where we left off, but with a slightly new format and now with improved audio! Just in the nick of time (43 episodes in). We're happy. We hope you're happy. Now let's do this....

Is it even possible to raise well rounded kids these days? We all fall into our niche interests so quickly.  And by niche interests I obviously mean watching stuff on the internet. Are the goalposts too narrow? We want our kids to be polite, but not so polite they don't stand up for themselves. We want them to be good at sports, school, and social stuff but not too focused on any one of those. Well thankfully Mike and Pete have the 3 specific steps that will work EVERY time, or not....

Every kid has their own unique gift, right? So why do we parents see someone else's kid doing something awesome like a backflip or talking nicely to their parents and immediately think why the hell can't my kid do that?! Yeah, ok my kid's "gift" is that they are an  incredibly generous, giving spirit, but I'm talking BACKFLIP people, c'umon! Mike and Pete get into it. Enjoy! Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen...

Participation trophies were originally used as a way to incentivise kids at a key point (when they are young) to want to keep playing that sport rather than quit after one season. However, now the absence of any merit based trophies means none of our kids are really incentivized to win. In some cases we let our kids off the hook if they don't want to show up for team practice. To Pete it's all gone too far. To Mike it hasn't gone far enough and wants all sports canceled. It's a cracker....

Cherish every moment cause it goes so fast. Oh yeah?! Maybe you want to come over and deal with this little monster who's making us all late cause they're rolling around on the floor screaming that their sock as "TOO COMFORTABLE!" Little nuggets like this litter the parenting world and it's up to us parents to figure out what tidbits to use and which to ditch.  Having said that the one piece of advice we ALL can agree on is never leave your kid at home while you take your extended family go...

It's been a loooong 16 months since we COVID entered our lives and now that we're on the other side of it [knocks cautiously on wood] we need to adjust our parenting styles from "PJs-all-day" to "not-PJs-all-day?" Mike and Pete get into it and hear from you on what's coming next. Enjoy! Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen here:  iTunes: https://apple.co/2UZeMbH Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2U1888t Stitcher:...

Whoever came up with the phrase "don't stress it" wasn't a parent. As parents that's really 90% of the job (remaining  10% wishing you were asleep and the final 1% pure joy). From money to schools to mental health Mike and Pete hear your war stories and share their own. Enjoy! Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen here:  iTunes: https://apple.co/2UZeMbH Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2U1888t Stitcher:...

As it turns out there can be things that as a parent you are good at. Like, say, getting your kid to watch all the 80's and 90's movies you watched growing up *cough* mike *cough* #notcovid. IS that a skill? Can someone be good at that? Who knows. The point is not all parenting sucks. You have to find the things you like and lean into them (I'm getting choked up over here #stillnotcovid). Mike's much better half Heather (@momandburied) joins Mike to discuss. Enjoy! Support us...

Yes, this podcast is about dads, but don't forget moms can be important too. That's why there's Mother's Day.  Mike's better half and mother to his children, Heather (@momandburied) sits in this week to give her take on Mother's Day.  I know what you're thinking "A mom's take on Mother's day on a DAD podcast?! What's next, a thoughtful and considered look at the changing roles of parenting in a post modern, connected world, and the impact on the society writ large? Gimme a break, ya...

It's been a journey, folks! And we've loved every minute of it (almost). Hearing your stories of parenting misery has really kept us going. Mike's wife Heather (@momandburied) joins for a star studded cast as we answer all your weirdest, darkest questions.  We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. Here's to 100 more! (or like 10 more, whatever).  Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen here:  iTunes:...

There's screaming into a pillow, and then there's this episode. Both will make you feel better once you get it all out. I mean have you ever listened to a 6yr old tell you the a story about something they saw on Kids YouTube? It's excruciating. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Mike and Heather hear from you and share their own war stories. Enjoy!  Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen here:  iTunes:...

All the fun of Part 1 with, now with half the insights! Mike and Pete get into it. Enjoy! Support us 🙏 https://www.patreon.com/DadandBuried https://anchor.fm/dadandburied/support You can listen here:  iTunes: https://apple.co/2UZeMbH Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2U1888t Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HYvzI7 Anchor: https://bit.ly/2JK4FGC Overcast: https://bit.ly/2I2ik9B Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85MGY5MWM0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz For more...