Video games after kids, toddler gymnastics & when does summer ACTUALLY end?!

This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Monday!! So.. we (Alex & Jules) found ourselves in some heat over our video games after kids take from Friday, so we had to get a guy's POV.. and you guys? He may have even HOTTER takes. Turns out Harrison was a GAMER gamer back in the day (18-hour Grand Theft Auto Sundays.. we have questions), but as a dad he has rules: there are more productive ways to decompress, never let it eat family time, and play when everyone's asleep. Then Jules asks the question that will surely put us back in the comments: are video games just Cocomelon for adults?!

But before ALL that: it's officially HYROX race week for the dads (we're heading to DC later this week!) We settle the great seasonal debate: when does summer ACTUALLY end? Alex says Labor Day, Harrison says September 21st because "the sun does not lie." Plus Saturn Return (why your life flips upside down between 26 and 29.. planets, maybe!) and Tinx's 3-articles-a-day challenge. We're in.

On the home front: Tate had her first gymnastics class 🥹 Airplane arms on the balance beam, and the 8:45 AM Saturday slot that gave us sticker shock is now the anchor of our perfect Saturday (gymnastics, brunch, nap). Plus our new birthday math: birthdays are for the PARENTS until the kid turns three.. two per kid, use them wisely lol

Then a real-time rabbit hole: how were popsicles invented?! (Thank you, Frank. And his kids, who named it.) An etiquette Q we need your take on: cars are already at the house party.. knock or walk in? (We have a 30-second rule.) Plus: do we need an interior designer for touch ups?? Austin designers, our DMs are open. And the "focusing illusion": stop drawing massive conclusions from ONE thing in someone's life.

We close with the news corner: Tim Cook's last day as Apple CEO.. $350 billion to $4.7 TRILLION, and the family stock story that still stings. Has AI lost its PR battle in the US? And Jennifer Garner's take we (kind of) loved: never apologize to your kids for working.. thank them for being sweet and patient about it instead 🤍

Hope everyone has a great week :-) LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamp:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:01:00 It's HYROX race week for the dads!

00:04:41 When does summer ACTUALLY end?!

00:06:01 Saturn Return: why your late 20s flip your whole life?!

00:09:05 Tinx’s 3-articles-a-day challenge (we're in)

00:14:19 You simply cannot beat a Cubs game in a Chicago summer

00:17:19 Video games for dads: a follow up

00:29:50 Tate's first gymnastics class 🥹

00:31:11 Birthday parties are for the parents until the kid turns THREE

00:34:32 How were popsicles invented?!

00:41:56 Etiquette Q: do you knock at a house party.. or just walk in?

00:44:06 Do we need an interior designer?!

00:47:28 The "focusing illusion”

00:53:42 Tim Cook's last day as Apple CEO ($350 billion to $4.7 TRILLION?!)

00: 58:52 Has AI lost its PR battle in the US?

1:01:35 Our favorite Tim Cook quotes

1:04:45 Should you ever apologize to your kids for working?!

1:06:41 PSA: stop wearing Nike socks with dress shoes!!

1:07:44 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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