Show Notes
No guest. Just Scott & Jamie going old-school CHD.
In this episode, Scott and Jamie talk spring hockey overload, expensive programs kids barely attend, parenting teenage boys, and the reality of trying to balance development, burnout, and family life. The conversation also drifts into hilarious childhood stories, digital parenting, and why today’s kids can’t get away with anything the way parents used to. In this episode: Why spring hockey scheduling is chaos Paying for skates and clinics kids miss anyway Parenting through the teenage years Stories that definitely would’ve ended badly if phones existed back then Just two hockey dads yapping about youth sports, parenting, and life.
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