Dadicated Joe

Joe Carr
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There's no manual for becoming a dad—but there should be. Dadicated Joe is a new dad's guide to navigating the wild ride of early fatherhood. From the moment you hear "we're pregnant" through those sleepless, life-altering early months, host Joe Carr (dad, husband, and co-founder of Serenity Kids) brings real talk, helpful tips, and shared experiences to the mic. This journey can be overwhelming—you shouldn't have to do it alone. New episodes every Tuesday.

  1. Jul 27

    61. Screen Time Wars? This Parenting Mindset Shift Ends the Battle

    One simple rule protects kids from sleep deprivation, sketchy content, and online predators — and most parents aren't using it. Julianna Lorenzen, co-founder of Healthy Screen Habits, shares the one non-negotiable rule every family needs: no screens in the bedroom or bathroom. She breaks down the "5 S's" — the five dangers that screens behind closed doors expose children to — and explains why the real battle isn't parents versus kids, but families versus Big Tech. With over 200 episodes of evidence-based, scientifically-backed research, Julianna has helped thousands of parents shift from policing screen time to teaching genuine digital self-regulation.  In this conversation, you'll learn: ➡️ Why rigid screen time limits fail (and what actually works)  ➡️ How tech companies exploit your child's psychology and physiology  ➡️ The collaborative approach that ends screen time battles  ➡️ How to teach kids to be the boss of technology — before it bosses them This isn't about demonizing screens. It's about raising kids who use technology intentionally. 🔗 Connect with Healthy Screen Habits: 🌐 Website: https://healthyscreenhabits.org 🎙️ Podcast: Healthy Screen Habits (200+ episodes) 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe

  2. Jul 20

    60. Your Kids Learn Love by Watching How You Treat Their Mom with Taylor Sanchez

    Taylor Sanchez is not your usual touchy feely sensitive dad influencer. He is a regular American dude, raised by a "rule with an iron fist" kind of dad, and decided he wanted to do it differently. With no previous experience or resources, he started making social posts about his personal journey of figuring this out, and it resonated with thousands of parents!  In this episode, he shares how he figured out through trial and error that emotional intelligence, breaking generational cycles, and prioritizing his marriage can change everything — for his daughter, his wife, and himself. Most dad advice stops at "provide and protect." Taylor Sanchez is breaking a 100-year family pattern and he says it all starts with how he treats his wife. Taylor runs the Built Different channel, where he helps dads move beyond just being the breadwinner. As a first-time dad to a baby girl, he's doing the emotional work most men never learn and he started before she was even born. In this episode, we cover: Why Taylor began developing emotional intelligence years before becoming a dad — and the one daily practice that rewired his reactions How the tone of your entire household is set by your relationship with your spouse — and why "serving the baby means serving the mom first" Breaking generational cycles without cutting family off — including how Taylor repaired his relationship with his own father The identity shift nobody talks about: moving from "guy who fixes things" to "dad who feels things" The biggest lies dads are sold about money, power, and parenting as sacrifice — and what actually brings peace This isn't a checklist episode. It's a conversation about becoming the dad you needed when you were a kid. 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe

  3. Jul 13

    59. How to Raise a Healthy Eater Without Becoming the Food Police with Craig McCloskey

    Feeding kids has become way more complicated than it should be. After building Serenity Kids around nutrient-dense ingredients, I've seen how much fear, confusion, and bad advice parents are handed around baby nutrition, first foods, healthy fats, organ meats, and processed food. Craig McCloskey and I get into the deeper question underneath all of it: how do we nourish our families without turning food into stress, control, or guilt? We talk about ancestral health, raw milk, nutrient-dense foods, postpartum nutrition, and how new dads can build a home where real food feels normal. Inside this episode: • How can a baby's first foods shape their taste, health, and picky eating • How organ meats, bone broth, eggs, meat, and dairy support growing kids • Why babies need healthy fats more than most parents realize • What ancestral health looks like in a normal family kitchen • How to avoid ultra-processed foods without creating food fear • Why dads can model better nutrition through structure, not control Link to his channel  You can watch those episodes. Baby Food and feeding episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtgMhJtIQw&list=PLV-0dTh77R_nI1i3WZ7kYeagM51WeC2-h&index=34 Why I Raise My Daughters Like Bison | Taylor Collins on Fatherhood & Sustainable Food  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvXbatAIm0&list=PLV-0dTh77R_nI1i3WZ7kYeagM51WeC2-h&index=66 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe

  4. Jun 29

    58. Your Daughter Is Waiting for a Conversation You Keep Avoiding with Stephen McNiel of the Mankind Project

    Being physically there for our kids is not the same as being present. I know how easy it is to be in the room, but still carry work, stress, old wounds, and unfinished emotional work into fatherhood. Stephen joins me to talk about sobriety, men's work, the Mankind Project, and what his absent father taught him about becoming a present father. We get into fatherhood, emotional awareness, breaking generational cycles, and why new dads need other men if they want to show up with more honesty, steadiness, and connection. Inside this episode: • Why presence means more than being home • How an absent father shaped Stephen's parenting • Why men's work matters for dads • What emotional awareness gives your family • How father-daughter weekends create honest conversations • Why dads need safe spaces outside the home 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe

  5. Jun 21

    57. The Family Man Question Every Entrepreneur Dad Is Avoiding with Jon Vroman

    Why do entrepreneur dads who've built successful businesses still feel like they're missing fatherhood?  Jon Vroman built Front Row Dads after his wife told him: "Thank you for being a moment maker for the rest of the world, but we want you to be a moment maker at home too." That wake-up call changed everything.  In this episode, Joe Carr and Jon Vroman go deep on:  → Why dads hide at work (even when they don't realize it)  → How to shift from "businessman with a family" to "family man with a business"  → The systems Jon uses to protect family time without sacrificing revenue  → How you can use business tools to enhance your family  → Why your kids don't need a provider, they need your presence  → The "lowest heart rate" concept that changes how you show up at home  → What is Front Row Dads, and might it benefit you? If you're in burnout, have fear you're missing the window with your kids, or if the guilt of always choosing work first feels familiar — this is your episode. 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe About Front Row Dads The Front Row Dads podcast is for good men who want to level up their dad game. It's for fathers who value working on themselves so they can deepen their sense of purpose through finding the most effective and efficient steps needed to fulfill their role as husbands and fathers. Front Row Dads https://frontrowdads.com/ Jon's podcast https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/

  6. Jun 15

    56. Dads: Here's How I Take Time for Myself Without Making My Wife Hate Me

    I didn't feel free to go water skiing or spend three hours making a costume when my wife was still worrying about the house. It didn't feel fair, so I didn't do it. And then I felt resentful. Fair Play changed that for us. It gave my wife and me a clearer way to divide the household mental load, not just the chores. When I fully own my cards, she does not have to keep worrying about them, and I do not have to carry vague guilt every time I want space for myself. This is for dads who care but feel tired, stretched thin, or stuck between being present and wanting freedom. The Fair Play method helped me see that self-care is not the enemy of fatherhood. Resentment is. Inside this episode • Why dads need self-care without guilt • How Fair Play reduces household resentment • Why moms still carry the mental load • How couples can divide chores more clearly • What unicorn space gives back to dads • How freedom can make you more present Past Episodes:  Want to go deeper on this? Start with my Fair Play episode, where I explain the system that helped us stop fighting about chores and start sharing the household mental load more clearly. Fair Play: Why Moms Still Carry the Mental Load (and How Dads Can Change That): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2KExQ-Y8Y&t=1s  Then listen to my conversation with Ken Blackman, our relationship coach, for a deeper look at marriage, intimacy, and staying connected as parents. Why Marriage After Kids Fails (It's Not What You Think): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3up1FDPaIFw&t=12s  And don't forget to check out the DILF shirt — Dad I'd Like to Follow — for the dad who wants to lead with presence, not pressure. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4422135471/dilf-unisex-softstyle-t-shirt-fun-gift?sr_prefetch=1&pf_from=shop_home&ref=shop_home_active_1&logging_key=7ca0c461de2dafc613d3f4bac409fb48dfbba498%3A4422135471 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe

  7. Jun 8

    55. The Formula for Perfect Marriage After Kids with Relationship Coach Ken Blackman

    I wanted a formula for a better marriage. Ken Blackman basically told me that was the problem. After more than 10 years of coaching Serenity and me through our marriage, business, and parenting, including many very real breakdowns, Ken has seen the pattern clearly: I keep trying to replace presence with scripts. If your relationship has felt different since having kids — harder to connect, easier to drift — this episode is for you. We get into why the old ways of showing up stop working after fatherhood, why trying to be the "good husband" or "good dad" can still leave you emotionally checked out, and why your partner is probably not the actual problem. Ken also helped me tell the truth about something I hadn't talked about publicly before: the years I spent addictively numbing out when marriage, fatherhood, and business felt like too much all at once — and how close that took us to the edge. The real work, it turns out, is not finding the right formula. It is learning to feel, to own your choices without resentment, and to build something with your partner that actually fits your family. Inside this episode:  Why the perfect marriage formula does not exist How fatherhood changes the emotional connection with your partner Why resentment builds when dads say yes without owning the choice How to stop numbing and start feeling again Why your partner is probably not the problem How to co-create a relationship that gets better over time, not worse Resources mentioned  Read Ken's blog: https://kenblackman.medium.com/  Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/  Esther Perel https://www.estherperel.com/  Other episodes: Keep the Spark Alive https://youtu.be/j0MvVRe3Vng  Enhance your Relationship with your Wife and Yourself after baby with Scott Wild https://youtu.be/3y7NnwqNTRE  Reel: https://riverside.com/shared/exported-clip/6272cd4099370c81176d  12 years in, my and Serenity's relationship is the BEST it's ever been. We run a successful business together, have an amazing daughter, and have ten times the connection and intimacy we had in the honeymoon phase.  We are proof that this is possible! But it was not easy! We could not have done any of it without the support of this man!  👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe Ken Blackman is one of the BEST relationship coaches in the world. In this episode he shows us how the best formula for having a perfect marriage is that there is no formula! We have to throw out what we thought marriage was "supposed" to be and create the marriage that works for us.  The good news is that finding the right person is only 14% of the battle. So it's overwhelmingly likely that you already have a person who works; the rest is doing the work.  Learn more about how you could have a thriving relationship like mine on this week's episode: The Formula for Perfect Marriage After Kids with Relationship Coach Ken Blackman Learn more about Scott  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsolowild/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottsolowild/

  8. May 25

    54. Dads Who Always Say Yes Are Slowly Destroying Their Marriage

    If this one resonated, go back and listen to the episode on why men feel unappreciated. It gets into the resentment that builds when we serve from sacrifice instead of joy, and it pairs directly with what I cover here.  Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9L_Bhz6bk Also worth hearing: the Fair Play episode, where I break down how clearer roles at home help dads set better boundaries, protect their time, and show up with more presence. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2KExQ-Y8Y&list=PLV-0dTh77R_nI1i3WZ7kYeagM51WeC2-h&index=47 Past Episode mentioned  If this episode resonated with you, go back and listen to the DadicatedJoe episode on why men feel unappreciated, where I get into the resentment that builds when we serve from sacrifice instead of joy. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9L_Bhz6bk You can also check out the Fair Play episode to learn how clearer roles at home can help dads set better boundaries, protect self-care, and show up with more emotional presence. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2KExQ-Y8Y&list=PLV-0dTh77R_nI1i3WZ7kYeagM51WeC2-h&index=47  LINK TO BOOK OF BOUNDARIES https://a.co/d/0104YNM4 👉 Get 15% off your first Serenity Kids order with code: DADICATED15 https://myserenitykids.com/ Being Dadicated isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up. It's about committing to the kind of dad—and man—you want to be, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. Joe Carr is a dad to Della, husband to Serenity, co-founder of Serenity Kids baby food, and the voice behind Dadicated Joe. Follow Joe Carr on social media  Instagram: @dadicatedjoe  TikTok: @dadicatedjoe  YouTube @dadicatedjoe

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There's no manual for becoming a dad—but there should be. Dadicated Joe is a new dad's guide to navigating the wild ride of early fatherhood. From the moment you hear "we're pregnant" through those sleepless, life-altering early months, host Joe Carr (dad, husband, and co-founder of Serenity Kids) brings real talk, helpful tips, and shared experiences to the mic. This journey can be overwhelming—you shouldn't have to do it alone. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Joe Carr
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    61
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    Explicit
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    © 2025
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