MegaDad
Kids watch behavior, not speeches. The garage was never about the garage. Presence is not proximity. One day they stop asking you to play.
Dad OS
The operating principles. Updated for the present decade.
- 1.01Attention is now infrastructurePrinciple
- 1.02Kids watch behavior, not speechesPrinciple
- 1.03AI changed expertisePrinciple
- 1.04Your family notices your stress before your wordsPrinciple
- 1.05Presence vs. proximityPrinciple
- 1.06The garage was never about the garagePrinciple
Technology Without Losing Your Soul
AI is not the topic. It is the air in the room.
- 2.01AI at the dinner tableField Note
- 2.02Should your kid use ChatGPT?Field Note
- 2.03Gaming, dopamine, and social identityField Note
- 2.04Why dads need hobbies againField Note
- 2.05The death of boredomField Note
- 2.06Infinite scroll vs. finite childhoodField Note
AI is not the topic.
AI is the environment.
The Fun Stuff
The genre work. The rituals. The unwritten doctrine.
- 3.01Dad jokesFolklore
- 3.02Legendary dad fixesFolklore
- 3.03Grill philosophyFolklore
- 3.04Airport dad behaviorFolklore
- 3.05Costco as tactical warfareFolklore
- 3.06Universal remote diplomacyFolklore
- 3.07Hardware store spiritualityFolklore
Hard Truths
The chapters that don't ask permission to be honest.
- 4.01Your kids are watching how you ageReckoning
- 4.02Marriage is visible architectureReckoning
- 4.03Boys need examplesReckoning
- 4.04Daughters remember emotional safetyReckoning
- 4.05Work can quietly consume your identityReckoning
- 4.06One day they stop asking you to playReckoning
MegaDad Missions
Seven practical challenges. To be performed, not consumed.
- M.01Teach your kid one real-world skillMission
- M.02Cook togetherMission
- M.03Start a family archiveMission
- M.04Interview grandparentsMission
- M.05Build something physicalMission
- M.06Disconnect for one dayMission
- M.07Learn AI together instead of fearing itMission
Twenty-five field reports, one each week until release.
Read in any order. Each one is a self-contained essay that points back to a chapter in the book. None of them are the chapter.
- 01Attention Is Now InfrastructureYour father had presence because there was nowhere else to be.Read →
- 02Kids Watch Behavior, Not SpeechesThe lecture you gave your son in the car about effort — the one where you used the word "discipline" three times and quoted something you…Read →
- 03AI Changed ExpertiseFor thirty years, the deal between fathers and sons was this: I know something you do not, and over time, by watching me, you will learn it.Read →
- 04Your Family Notices Your Stress Before Your WordsThere is a tell.Read →
- 05Presence vs. ProximityYou were there for dinner every night this week.Read →
- 06The Garage Was Never About the GarageWhen I was eleven, my father had a garage.Read →
- 07AI at the Dinner TableIt happened to me first on a Wednesday.Read →
- 08Should Your Kid Use ChatGPT?Every father I know is asking this question wrong.Read →
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