Author traces journey from 'dude to dad'

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I realize that a lot of people still don't think minivans are cool.

-- you want to know why.

Because they don't have kids yet.

-- -- lawn care to buying -- -- man there are certain sacrifices.

Men must make when they switch lanes for being a duty to -- dad.

There certainly are joining us now -- seven author of Dan gets a mini -- Yes we must clarify he really does -- mini -- and it has flames.

Painted on the side Dan good to see as some positive and look at this thing that is beautiful wow it's -- hilarious journey you take us on.

Between dude and dad what was the moment that you said all right life is different now.

Of the moment that -- a -- was different I think I was in the Chucky cheese.

Caught in one of those ball pits.

You know there are so many things that none of us saw coming until we had kids right -- gas and that's the kind of stuff that I'm trying to capture in this book I love is -- small and funny moments.

And it -- -- about her feet apart is that gonna more -- birthday parties now the past year than I ever have in my life that chapter -- -- -- -- the day I turned it to my father what was that moment.

Did you realize you've turned in your father.

You know I don't wanna give too much away but there's a chapter in the book about.

Going to Costco which is -- father's favorite place.

Unplanned another -- -- answer your question is that.

Now it's my favorite please don't play all -- -- that's food that's -- gets excited about it.

Moscow -- man I might at all sit sit so there isn't any men the male equivalent of mom jeans.

You know there's nothing mini about it I call it my -- -- that.

It's it's just on the you know I am I wrote this book thinking that.

I had outgrown.

My car initially come the first -- whoever got an idea for a book but packing his trump.

There's so much stuff when you have kids that I realized you know I don't actually -- my life.

And my wife and I call -- many of them the gateway to suburbia.

Her dad's fight back.

I -- embrace.

What you know what is your advice is that the date they are not threatening and they are not going -- the birthday parties I know a lot of them are watching right right now what it would TU.

My -- acceptance -- I would say the from the my first bit of of advice for dads is get yourself some cargo pants.

All of us kind of -- -- seven pockets -- often done easily done that's a minivan for your legs.

Right.

My second bit of advice about -- and giving into it.

Like as -- in the book when life deals you a -- and you may as well enjoying the garage.

It's great I do embrace -- I think being cool is having a great house having a great family.

I love -- -- -- impact though right I do draw the line of defense.

Where the cargo banks that have.

Women are buying this book and create like crazy to it's going really surprising and -- -- that that has been really funny I keep hearing from a lot of people who read it.

Their wife ends up getting it as a Father's Day gift -- But -- women are really -- I think -- -- insight into.

Into parenting from a male point of view.

Out of -- gift for -- Or Dan gets a minivan dads Evan thanks so much they do resolutely.

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