Making the Adjustment

This week Brandon and Shayne discuss the balancing act parents often struggle with, between pushing too much or not enough, in pursuit of their children's success. They share their views on social life vs academic life and what kind of importance each can play in the development in children.

This week Shayne and Brandon discuss the impacts social media can play on parenting styles as well as any lasting effects early, and often, social media exposure can have on children as they grow.

This week the guys discuss a few common diseases in the world, and the vaccinations for them. They dissect advantages of vaccines and how they have affected the world. 

This week Dad Hats shifts gears and honors the mothers on Mothers Day. Shayne takes over duties and has a special guest on, his wife Rachel and they discuss the highs, lows and everything in between that comes with being a mother! Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there from the folks at The Barker Media!

This week Brandon and Shayne discuss how they each went about finding the gender of their children, what it means, how they responded and how they felt finding out the gender. They also highlighting some of the best, and worst gender reveals they have seen on the internet. Highlight their dads of the week and also share time they felt like they had their "dad hat" on. Enjoy!

This week we cover the adjustment period of bringing home the baby. Everything from diapers, sleep schedules, and our biggest fears and frustrations. We introduce our new segment Dad Hat of the week and honor Kobe and the father he was as well as giving our thanks to the first responders and all they have done during this pandemic!

The Barker's Shayne McKinney and Brandon Morales venture away from their written articles to bring you their very first podcast episode! Enjoy this introduction to these two men as they chronicle and share their early adventures into fatherhood.