EP #044 - My Daughter Wants Me To Make Up Bedtime Stories? + No More Fire Extinguishers Kids! | For The Dads

Summary

Bussin’ With The Boys – For The Dads EP #044

Episode Title: My Daughter Wants Me To Make Up Bedtime Stories? + No More Fire Extinguishers Kids!
Hosts: Will Compton & Sherman Young
Date: April 8, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this heartfelt and humor-filled episode of "For the Dads," Will Compton and Sherman Young dig into the highs and lows of dad life, share practical parenting hacks, and trade stories from the trenches of fatherhood. The conversation touches on everything from using Easter candy as leverage, discussing the pitfalls of "look-maxing" and teen steroid use, and the art of winging bedtime stories, to memorable listener call-ins and a viral fire extinguisher mess. There's plenty of community engagement throughout, with listener shoutouts, advice, and military family recognition.

Tone: Warm, self-deprecating, honest, and reflective – plenty of banter and classic “dad humor” throughout.

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Major Discussion Points

1. Kicking Off: Community Updates & Ways to Connect

(00:00–06:39)

• Leveraging Candy as Parenting Tool: Will and Sherman joke about rationing out Easter candy ("you have to use it as leverage") and “making the trash run a reward system.”

  • Will: “You gotta use it as leverage, finish your dinner, maybe you’ll get a piece of candy.” (00:40)

• Community Engagement: Updates on channels where fans can connect: voicemail (601-THEDADS), email, YouTube, Reddit, and more.

  • Sherman: “Leave a comment on Apple, Spotify, YouTube—99 ways to support For the Dads!” (03:15)

• Merch Plug: New 'uncle' hats and PT6 gear available — and a running joke about Sean's Flower Farm in Nashville.

  • Will: “Show them the lid… Girl Dad hat just popped off and came out. Love this one!” (03:37)

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2. Dad Life Updates: Birthdays, Exercise, and Tech

(06:39–13:34)

• Rue’s Birthday & Dad Hack Preview: Will teases a parenting hack tied to his daughter's birthday.
• Treadmill Delivery: Tangent about getting 10,000 steps and the quirks of walking on a treadmill with an incline/decline.
• Mississippi Shoutout: The show’s call-in number (601) is discussed—it’s a Mississippi area code, leading to stories about growing up near the Mississippi River, using "Mississippi" in childhood games, and comedic attempts at spelling it.
  • Will: “Counting Mississippi, blitzing in football games, spelling it out—Mississippi’s used for a lot of things!” (08:33)

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3. Parenting Tech: Nanit Monitor & Remote Dad Life

(09:53–13:18)

• Using Tech to Stay Connected: Sherman recounts spying on his daughter via the Nanit monitor while they’re apart, admitting he enjoys knowing his family is safe while having "zero responsibilities."

  • Sherman: “I can pop open that little thing and see my little bundle of joy sleeping… I love checking in and spying on her a little bit.” (10:43)

• Remote Parenting Realities: Discussion shifts to how tech both connects and distances us from daily parenting tasks (with plenty of self-aware asides).

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4. Social Media & Teen "Look-Maxing": Parental Responsibility & Cultural Commentary

(13:34–33:59)

• Viral CBS Clip: Will reacts strongly to a story about a 16-year-old taking livestock steroids for "looks-maxing," an online trend—questioning the family dynamic and parental communication.

  • Will: “This is what happens when there’s not a strong foundation at home… If this was my son, I would whoop his ass!” (15:36)
  • Notable Quote: Sherman: “The fact they are more willing to idolize and replicate a complete stranger on the Internet over somebody that knows them… it shows the importance of setting an example and building that relationship.” (20:27)

• Generational Challenges: The hosts reflect on “every generation’s battle” and how being present, interested, and intentional is more critical than ever.

  • Will: “You protect their innocence as long as you can… if you aren’t intentional, this is a ripple effect that could happen.” (30:33)

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5. Parenting Hacks: Freedom From Structure and Socialization

(33:59–44:18)

• Taking Kids Out: The Brewery Story: Sherman shares his joy (and pride) about confidently taking his daughter Scarlet to a brewery meetup—overcoming early-parent anxiety about nap times and bottles, adapting on the fly, and building those “life-inclusion” habits early.

  • Sherman: “Walking in with my girl… that joy of everyone in the brewery seeing her… we’re living life.” (37:32)
  • Will: “The freedom you have… you should be super proud… your kids adapt to your world too!” (38:30)

• On-the-Go Dad Hacks: The comedic stress of bottle warming, meal times, and messy on-the-road parenting—how trial and error builds flexibility for both adult and child.

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6. The Bedtime Story Gauntlet: Making Up Stories on the Fly

(48:15–59:22)

• Will’s Bedtime Story Trials: Will recounts how his daughter is currently obsessed with made-up stories (“no books, Daddy!”), and the pressure to improvise elaborate, on-the-spot tales—often borrowing from Disney plotlines, and then struggling when a scary wolf character makes bedtime too scary.

  • Will: “Now you’re legitimately trying to storytell… I just grab any Disney movie. Lion King, Bug’s Life, Tangled—put in her favorite characters.” (49:49)
  • Memorable Moment: Will’s story goes awry when he introduces wolves as a plot device, leading to his daughter’s new fear of wolves in the dark ("Mean wolves in the forest!"), requiring late-night logic and comfort.

• Team Discussion: The crew riffs on damage control after scary stories (wolf spray! Anti-wolf stickers!), and the meta-difficulty of parent-authored tales vs sticking to routine book reading.

  • Chef: “Always start with: ‘in a far, far away land’—set the expectation this isn’t local!” (59:42)

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7. Listener Shoutouts, Dad Hacks, & Community Call-ins

(65:01–106:09+)

• Fan Messages & Dad Hacks: The crew reads and riffs on messages—including dad wins/losses (like using mobile oil change/detailing), new baby announcements, and thoughtful birthday shoutouts.

  • Dad Hack of the Week: Kaylee Allen’s tip for using mobile oil change and detailing, freeing up time for busy parents.
  • Will: “That’s a dad hack of the week… I did not know there’s mobile oil changing people out there!” (67:12)

• Military Family Love: April is the Month of the Military Child, so Will, Sherman and Charles highlight several military-connected listeners and reflect on the sacrifices and resilience of military families.

  • Taylor: “If dads are in the military—if you are home, be home. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too.” (77:35 & 78:51)
  • Will: “Advice for anybody—when you’re with your kids, be with your kids.” (80:27)

• Dads in the Trenches & Call-in Highlights:

  • Nick from Minnesota: Celebrates his son’s clean cancer scan after two and a half years in remission, offers hope: "To all the dads that are in the trenches, it doesn’t last forever." (96:38)
  • “Truck Nap Dad” (Sean in California): Calling from his truck, taking a nap while his wife is in labor: "Wifey’s asleep in the room, I’ll take the front seat…I can’t wait to join the PT Sicko family." (97:55)
  • Derek from Knoxville: The “G-damn it” story—his nonverbal autistic son started repeating a choice swear word, humor and pride blending as he describes nipping it in the bud.
    • "He didn’t have many language skills at the time—he used it correctly. [Laughs]…Had to nip that in the bud." (101:09)

• Epic Listener Write-In: The Fire Extinguisher Story

  • Peter Matthews recounts his 3-year-old daughter and her friend going full “fog machine convention” with a fire extinguisher in the basement. The video set to “Come on, Ride The Train” is hilariously reviewed in real time.
  • Will: “If it has a pin, a button, or looks even remotely interesting, a toddler will use it every time.” (106:09)
  • Key Takeaway: Fire extinguishers (and anything with a pin/button) should be well out of toddler reach!

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8. Dad Wins, Losses & FaceTime Confessions

(81:13–90:47 and beyond)

• Sherman’s “Dad Loss”: Candid confession about being a grump when dropping off his wife and daughter at the airport at 5AM (even being publicly called out by his wife, Jill, on FaceTime during the episode).
  • Jill: “I just wanted to spend time with my husband, and he walks away… puts Scarlett on the suitcase and disappears!” (83:48)
  • Will: “What a piece of shit you are. Disrespectful, not a gentleman, disgusting!” (87:51)
• Bathroom Cleanliness & Marital Tension: Ongoing bit about the “three Ps,” and not keeping the bathroom seat tidy enough at home.

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9. Dad Cam Diaries & Birthday Surprises

(109:28–113:44)

• Dad Hack: On Rue’s birthday, Will and Charo tie balloons to her favorite stuffed animals as a morning surprise. The value of "little gestures" in making a child feel celebrated, plus using a Dad Cam to capture those magic moments.

• Art Fail: Will’s self-deprecating recount of his failed effort to draw a bunny for his daughter, overshadowed by his wife's “perfect” bunny.

  • Will: “I used to be able to sketch… I swear to God, I was not envisioning it as it was being drawn. I was like, what the fck is this?”* (116:14)

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10. Reflection & Final Wisdom

(118:30–122:34)

• Aging & Cherishing the Moment: Hosts and listeners grapple with how fast parenting seasons go (“the days are long but the years fly”), reading a moving quote from a recent empty nester:

  • “The good old days don’t feel like it at the time; it feels more like hard work and struggle… but you’re living the good old days right now.” (118:46)

• Emotional Vulnerability: Will and Sherman both admit to being “dead meat” emotionally when it comes to their daughters growing up—vowing to keep cherishing every phase as it comes.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On social-media-fueled teen trends:

  • Will: “If this was my son, I would whoop his ass—but it would never get to that point because you communicate with your kids.” (15:36)
  • Sherman: “It sounds like this kid was directionless… he was floating in the ether.” (21:05)

• On the joy of taking kids out (and the anxiety):

  • Sherman: “Just the joy I have walking in with my girl, everyone seeing her… we’re living life.” (37:32)

• On bedtime stories and parental improvising:

  • Will: “She doesn’t want books… she wants stories from us—which kind of challenges you as a parent. How many stories can you just make up in your brain?” (49:28)
  • Chef: “Always start with ‘in a far, far away land’—set the expectation!” (59:42)

• On toddler destruction:

  • Peter (email): “No fear, no regret. Just walks up, pulls the pin, and commits like she’s been training for this moment her entire life.” (106:09)

• On the fleeting nature of time:

  • From Kevin Dstrom (read by Will): “You’re living the good old days right now. Savor every moment.” (118:46)

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Timestamps – Key Segments

• 00:00–06:39 — Community intros, candy leverage, ways to connect
• 06:39–13:34 — Life updates, Rue’s birthday, treadmill talk, Mississippi pride
• 13:34–33:59 — "Look-maxing," steroids, the importance of involved parenting and setting boundaries
• 33:59–44:18 — Going out with kids, breaking free from rigid schedules
• 48:15–59:22 — Bedtime stories: the pains, screwups (scary wolves!), and comedy of direct-to-kid storytelling
• 65:01–106:09 — Listener emails/call-ins, military family shoutouts, and dad hack round-ups
• 106:09–113:44 — Viral fire extinguisher story/video, more dad hacks, birthday surprises
• 118:30–122:34 — Emotional reflections on savoring the present as a parent, timeless advice

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Final Takeaways

• Parenting is best when it’s intentional, flexible, and infused with humor.
• Being present—mentally and emotionally—is more valuable than perfection.
• Community makes parenting richer; listener stories, call-ins, and confessions reinforce that everyone’s “in the trenches” together.
• Cherish the chaos: these are, truly, the good old days.

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PT6ers, take out the trash and keep sending in your wins, losses, and wild stories. See you next week!

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For all listener advice, hacks, or to be featured on the show:

• Call: 601-THEDADS
• Email: [e-mail]

Transcript

[Will Compton]

Hey PT6ers, this is Willie One Shelf. You're about to listen to an automated ad read after this call to action. If you're on the bussin with the boys audio channel. If you want to listen to for the Dads automated ad free, be sure to head over to the for the dads channel and wherever you listen to us on audio. Enjoy this episode of for the Dads. Papa Team six. Welcome to another episode of for the Dads. I'm your host Will Compton along with co host Sherman Young.

[Sherman Young]

Hello.

[Will Compton]

We are a show by the Dads for Dads. I hope your trash is taken out. I hope your kiddos are still eating on some Easter candy. In moderation.

[Sherman Young]

In moderation.

[Will Compton]

In moderation. You have to use it as leverage.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Not as a free for all.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You got to use it as leverage. Finish your dinner.

[Sherman Young]

Do this.

[Will Compton]

Maybe you'll get a piece of candy.

[Sherman Young]

Who wants a treat?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, who wants a treat? Oh, I want a piece of chocolate. Hey, you mind going to put this in the trash for me? Maybe I'll sneak you something. Don't tell your mother.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, yeah, go tell mom something good about me.

[Will Compton]

But yeah. This is a show for the dads, man. We talk highs, lows, dad hacks, dad losses, being a husband, being a dad. Spoiler alert. Being a dad. We also feature our community and army throughout the show. That army is Papa Team 6. PT6. We have topics across the board. New dads hubby shout outs follow ups from last week month of military children. This month, the month of April is shouting out military children. So we have a couple comments to read for the military families out there. If you want to be featured on the show in a bigger way, we have a voicemail that we put where we feature call ins throughout the toward the end of the episode or if you call in, we play your voicemail. We play that voicemail. You get free merchandise that we ship to you. That voicemail you can call into that number is 601 the dads. 601T H E D A D S Now if you're on international soil or you don't want your voice to be heard, totally respect that.

[Sherman Young]

Respect it.

[Will Compton]

You can write into our email [e-mail].

[Sherman Young]

now you could leave a comment on YouTube.

[Will Compton]

Oh yeah, yeah. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Sherman Young]

On Amazon when I talked about the

[Will Compton]

topics that we got New dad's hubby shout outs the way to do that.

[Sherman Young]

Yes sir. Leave a comment on Amazon, leave a comment on Spotify, leave a comment on YouTube, leave a comment on Twitter, Reddit, Reddit, the pt.

[Will Compton]

Pt. Sicko community on X. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Yes, yes. Pt sicko community. Instagram, dude.

[Will Compton]

Instagram.

[Sherman Young]

Tick tock, tick tock. There's Galaxy Pod, Facebook, Facebook, Apple Apple Pod. We've done Apple Pod, right?

[Charles]

I was just gonna say a note for Apple Po users. We've been getting a ton of comments. Apple podcast does allow video. Now we have reached out to our team. It is a rollout by podcast. So within the year Apple podcasts will have video.

[Will Compton]

Something we can talk about.

[Charles]

I would feel confident to say again, I'm going to look into it within the calendar year, Apple podcast should reap the benefits of our video.

[Sherman Young]

Ooh, okay, that's a good stance.

[Will Compton]

Per the sound off in the chat. If you want our video on Apple podcast.

[Charles]

Yeah, they can't comment on Apple podcasts. They have to review the podcast because.

[Sherman Young]

Okay, so give us a five star

[Charles]

review on Apple podcast if you want the video, dude.

[Will Compton]

But why not leave a five star review? Why not just go to Apple Pods, hit the five star. Why not leave a review, why not go on Spotify, hit the five star, hit the follow, leave comments.

[Sherman Young]

And those are free. 99 Ways to Support for the dads.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Also another way, if you want to go that extra level of support, we do have some [e-mail] Look, I'm wearing

[Will Compton]

one the PT Sickos.

[Jill]

Ew.

[Will Compton]

You guys been one PT Sicko merch. Yeah, PT Sicko merch. Show them the lid.

[Sherman Young]

Will. What's on your noggin? What do you got up there?

[Will Compton]

A girl. Dad had that just popped off and came out. Love this one. I see people rocking this one. Our boy, the farmer, the flower farmer, Sean. Sean.

[Sherman Young]

Is that his name?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I think so. I think, I think so.

[Sherman Young]

I think it's Sean.

[Will Compton]

He's a legend.

[Sherman Young]

He is a legend at the selfie

[Will Compton]

in front of the flower garden spot. They're here in Nashville. Drawing a blank on. Exactly.

[Sherman Young]

Sean Farms.

[Will Compton]

Sha Shawn Farms.

[Sherman Young]

Sean Farmer.

[Will Compton]

Type in Sean's Flower Farm in Nashville.

[Sherman Young]

Come on.

[Will Compton]

And I'm sure you'll find it.

[Sherman Young]

Come on.

[Will Compton]

I'm sure you'll find it.

[Charles]

Sean Daugherty, Se Doty Sons Farm.

[Will Compton]

Yep, there you go.

[Sherman Young]

There it is.

[Will Compton]

Shout out. No free shout outs. Also no free shout outs to this hat. These are dropping. What Today as they're listening right now. The uncle hats are out. The uncle hats are out. The uncle hats are out. So if you have a brother and you got an uncle, brother in law, brother in Law. You're looking for them, they get them a little nice gift. Hey, they're not. They're not in parenthood yet, but we want to make them part of the tribe. We got the uncle.

[Sherman Young]

Your granddad has a brother that's an uncle technically. And that'[e-mail] bwtb.com bwtb dot com great job, man.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Way to kick off the sod. It's going to be a great sod. I. I have some notes written down. It will be Rue's birthday. I have a hack inside of Rue's birthday.

[Sherman Young]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

Shout out my wife. Charo. I know you're listening right now. Sweetheart. With that little smile on your face, I could just kiss it. Jill, out of town till Thursday.

[Sherman Young]

Who is it? We have a special guest.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, Treadmill, other side. Treadmill, other side.

[Sherman Young]

We had a guest.

[Will Compton]

We had a special guest that just walked in the shop. He's here to deliver our treadmill. Treadmill is going in the shop.

[Sherman Young]

That's actually fits.

[Will Compton]

Getting right.

[Sherman Young]

That's huge, dude.

[Will Compton]

It's. I.

[Sherman Young]

The treadmill is like, something that I can very easily adopt. Boom.

[Will Compton]

10,000 steps.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Gotta get them.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

And this one's got, you know, he's got the flat. You walk on a flat. You can hit the incline up to 12. There might be a decline. Decline of like, 3 degrees. So you could walk even downhill if you need to.

[Sherman Young]

What's the benefit there in sincerity?

[Will Compton]

So I'm pretty sure it has a screen on it.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

So my brain is telling me that you can go on these hikes, that the monitor has probably an app inside that.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You can go walk a mountain in Colorado.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And that mountain in Colorado, if you go on that hike, would have inclines that go up, and then at some point, you'll be walking downhill. Just like climbing a mountain. You got to go down it.

[Sherman Young]

You have declined. Is that more of your quads?

[Chef]

If you're going downhill, that's a quad killer right there.

[Will Compton]

Okay.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

But I feel like if you're going to, like, a 3% decline on a treadmill, you're probably just taking a nice little break. Nice little brisk walk down.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, okay.

[Will Compton]

So it's like you've been elevating. You've been. You're huffing and puffing. You're even. You're even having a hole because you're walking. Yeah. Then you hit to the part of the workout where you go down to the decline. You're like, thank God I get a little bit of a Breather before I got to climb this next hill.

[Sherman Young]

Now I do. I do have something that I just thought of with the 601, the dad's number that we brought up.

[Charles]

Hmm.

[Sherman Young]

Because last episode and I didn't see a lot of people come to the defense of the state of Mississippi. But I do want to give a shout out to our 6.01. The dads area code is a Mississippi area code. Really? Yeah. So shout out Mississippi, dude.

[Will Compton]

Shout out Miss. I actually have a comment here from. From Morgan.

[Sherman Young]

You guys would be really good at

[Charles]

podcasting if you knew that he had the comment for the thing you just said.

[Will Compton]

I did be really good. But this is from Morgan. She's an MT6. Mississippi. Morgan Wallace, put some respect on Mississippi Cry laughing emoji. You do use our area code for 601. The dads here in Jackson, Mississippi. I think we deserve a shout out. Love the pod and have enjoyed listening throughout my daughter Ren's first year of life. Her birthday is coming up on April 29th. Happy birthday.

[Sherman Young]

Happy birthday.

[Will Compton]

So shout out to her and my husband Sheldon, who is also a loyal listener for that, for the dads and bus with the boys. Oh, dude. Shout out Mississippi. Shout out Jackson, Mississippi. I've been there.

[Sherman Young]

That's actually really, really funny.

[Chef]

You didn't know that?

[Sherman Young]

No, I did not. Well, I knew. I did not know that. Yeah, I didn't know that. That's hilarious.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, we do have a Mississippi area

[Sherman Young]

code that was on Spotify. I missed that one.

[Will Compton]

You had to look for some, like, underground voicemail that was free and easy to operate. So maybe that's what Mississippi offers. Hey, we got. We got a landline here where we can get the voicemails to come in. Hey, here's a number that nobody's ever gonna use.

[Sherman Young]

Yes. Mississippi.

[Will Compton]

The 601 area codes up for grabs. Oh, no. Hasn't been used in 20 years.

[Sherman Young]

Shout out Jackson. I've also been to Jackson. My dad was born in Mississippi also. Really? Yeah.

[Will Compton]

That's unfortunate.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, he moved to Texas when he was three, so. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Nice. I'm joking about Mississippi.

[Sherman Young]

We love Mississippi. Dude. I'm not. He was born in Mississippi.

[Will Compton]

Mississippi is used for a lot of things. The Mississippi River.

[Sherman Young]

Mississippi River.

[Will Compton]

Counting. Counting. Mississippi. One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi. Blitzing in. In football games. Hey, you have to get to five Mississippi before you rush the quarterback.

[Sherman Young]

That's good. Also probably one of the funnest how to spell it songs. Yeah. M I, S, S I, S, S, I, P, P, Y or oh, God, it's All right.

[Will Compton]

Hey, that's. Who's that? This is. Who's hosting? These are the. The dumbasses hosting for the dads. Hey, you want to be a good dad?

[Sherman Young]

You want me to teach you how

[Will Compton]

to be a good day? Hey, great job. What's this last letter?

[Sherman Young]

Wild Mississippi, though, honey, it's a Y. It's not an I will.

[Chef]

What city are you from or outside of?

[Will Compton]

What's up? What. What. Where am I from? Like, where was I born? Where did I grow up?

[Chef]

What city? What major city do you grow up outside of?

[Will Compton]

We talking about St. Louis.

[Chef]

Yeah. What river is St. Louis on?

[Will Compton]

Mississippi River. That's what I'm saying.

[Chef]

There you go.

[Will Compton]

I said Mississippi River.

[Chef]

Oh, you did.

[Will Compton]

That was the first one. I said. Oh, we're figuring it out.

[Charles]

What was your first address?

[Will Compton]

Oh, my gosh. Good times. We got Rue's birthday was over the weekend.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Jill out of town.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Easter egg hunts. We did three of them.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, my God. Ooh.

[Will Compton]

In a little. I have Nanit written down. Nanit. Do we. We got Nanit this week.

[Sherman Young]

You.

[Charles]

Are you saying you have nanit written down?

[Will Compton]

I just have the word Nanit written down.

[Sherman Young]

We certainly did a Nanit custom social that we can talk a little bit about the behind the scenes of.

[Will Compton]

We can do that later. Yeah, later. We had fun making a Nanit custom social.

[Sherman Young]

We did.

[Will Compton]

Nan. It's on board.

[Sherman Young]

Nan. It's on board. I've been using my. This is true. Nan. It's been awesome with. Unfortunately. Really? Really unfortunately. My wife took Scarlett out of town for Easter, and this week that I'm currently talking.

[Will Compton]

Okay, we'll get into it. We'll get into it.

[Sherman Young]

However, I can check my Nanite app, which has been awesome because Jill took the nanit with her two Texas. So from my bed in Nashville, as I'm going to bed, I can pop open that little thing and see my little bundle of joy sleeping. And it's kind of sick, dude. Like, I love checking in and spying on her a little bit.

[Will Compton]

You love checking in knowing you have zero responsibilities.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Knowing you have. Don't have to do anything except look at your phone and just smile, knowing that they're thousands of miles away. Hundreds of miles.

[Sherman Young]

Hundreds of miles away. And audio works on that thing. So I've been hearing Jill and the mother in law talking in the mornings. They don't think I can hear, but I've been.

[Will Compton]

Oh, no. Yeah.

[Chef]

Last week, when we started recording the Nana in the stream room from the custom social that we filmed was on, and I started getting alerts during the episode. Clump was in there, like, with one on ones. And I'm like, I hope he unplugs this. And I think he did within, like, five or 10 minutes. But I was sitting there. We already started recording, and I was like, ah, hopefully.

[Will Compton]

Did you listen in?

[Sherman Young]

No.

[Will Compton]

We.

[Chef]

I'm a good employee.

[Will Compton]

Knowing the nana was in the stream room, Boss man's doing one on ones. You sitting there, you could easily just turn up that nana and hear the one on ones he's talking about.

[Chef]

With guys, I easily could, but I'm a man of valor.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, you are. Good on you, man. That's. That's the leader of semen team 6.

[Sherman Young]

A very quick segue. Derek told me this story, and it's one of my favorite stories of Chef. I don't know if I've spoken about it in front of him, but one day I was sick, and I couldn't come into the office, and I had to edit from home. And was it Jeremy that was messing with.

[Charles]

Messing with, Basically saying to Chef, like, oh, Sherm, just can't come into work. Like, he doesn't want to work here anymore.

[Sherman Young]

That's weird. Oh, and you have to do all of his edits because he's sick. Like, are you sure he's even sick? And apparently Chef did not find that joke funny at all and came to my defense in a real way was like, Sherman Young would never do that. He is sick. I know for a fact he would be here right now if he felt good. That's. That's a Semen team secret.

[Will Compton]

That's got your badge riding for your boys.

[Sherman Young]

That's riding for your.

[Will Compton]

That's right. Thank you, guys.

[Chef]

But it's an ongoing bit. I love high roading. Clump. Anytime I get a chance, he swings really low. I go as high as possible. I hope he listens to this too. And if he doesn't, I'll make fun of him for it. But for people don't know, Clump is the office troll. And I've learned that the way to beat the office troll is to take everything very literal and then high road every single step you get, and he doesn't know what to do. It's really funny.

[Will Compton]

Clump is also the boss.

[Sherman Young]

He's also the boss. He's also my boss. He's also the boss, and you high

[Will Compton]

road his ass every day.

[Sherman Young]

Sherman Young would never.

[Will Compton]

I'm sitting over here, Sherm. Do you see how I'm just circling?

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. What's Going on. Where are you? Circle.

[Will Compton]

I was worked up before I came into the shop.

[Sherman Young]

What happened?

[Will Compton]

I came across a video on X and this is, this is to me. I'll send you this tweet so you can put it up. Jeff. But from, see this is from CBS Mornings. It's about the 16 year old. What got me worked up is knowing that he, he was talking about how he was having a conversation with his parents and he told his dad that I'm gonna do this whether you like it or not. It's a 16 year old kid that's quoted right now. It's an interview that CBS Mornings did.

[Sherman Young]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

With a 16 year old that's essentially doing steroids because he's looks maxing. You know how all these phases. Yeah. Are coming in or are kind of just infiltrating the youth. All the trends. They usually do.

[Sherman Young]

Keep your cortisol low.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah. But this kid, the quote, because there's a video. I don't know if we can, if we're allowed to play the video. But it's interview with this kid and he's quoted as if I have a heart attack at 30, I have a heart attack. One 16 year old told CBS News that he was starting that he started taking a steroid known as trend which was developed for livestock after seeing gym influencers participating in the looks maxing trend on social media. And it's like this deep dive interview. They do it, it's six and a half minutes long.

[Sherman Young]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

This kid was chubby and this and that and he just started doing steroids because he wanted to. He wasn't getting girls. He looked, he was fat, he was short. He just didn't look like or feel like a man. So he started doing, he started doing steroids and he's jacked now. He's doing all the things well.

[Sherman Young]

And steroids will do that.

[Will Compton]

Steroids do help with doing that. You do need some discipline behind it. He does seem like he's very disciplined in doing this. If I give him any type of flowers of discipline.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

He is doing something every day.

[Sherman Young]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

But his thought behind it is so surface level of this look maxing bullshit that he's taking steroids to do so. And this is a steroid that's used for livestock, like animals.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Not good for your body.

[Sherman Young]

He's probably getting it from Mexico, I'm assuming.

[Will Compton]

I don't, I don't know. I got too worked up because I quote tweeted it.

[Sherman Young]

Oh gosh.

[Will Compton]

Because again, I'm just thinking like this to me is what happens when there's not a strong foundation at home. And I'm dead ass serious. Like, this is.

[Sherman Young]

No, we laugh.

[Will Compton]

The money, the looks, Max. Yeah, we can laugh about all we want, but it does in a way kind of piss me off. Because you just see the domino effect when there's not a strong foundation at home for this young man. Because I'm looking at this young man and just service level reaction. If this was my son, I would whoop his ass. But then when you go deeper, I'm thinking it wouldn't. I don't even feel like it would ever get to that point. Because you're able to like, communicate with your son or there's like this healthy fear that he would have.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Or respect that he would have. Or obedience that he would have to. Where you're truly educating him on what the problem with this issue is. And also, let's not get. Stop getting caught up about what everybody's doing on social media and what everybody's doing at school. Let's look a little bit deeper what the issue is. Because all this discipline and structure that you have daily, that is phenomenal. It's the. It's. It's the obstacle. Is the way you are taking the pat. The road less taken. Yeah. You can get there one day. Obviously, steroids do something different to you, but you're doing it for all the wrong reasons. And the fact he said, like, he's in the interview and he sat there, he's like. He was talking to his dad and he was like, his dad doesn't like it. His dad said he doesn't want him to do it. And he said he basically communicated with his dad. And we can. I'm just gonna find this cut through this. The part to where I'm able to just play this little part. My dad isn't too supportive of it.

[Sherman Young]

He was very like, like, what are

[Will Compton]

you doing to yourself? Like, you're gonna hurt yourself. He's just like, worried for me. I explained to him everything, told him,

[Sherman Young]

like, hey, like, I'm doing this regardless.

[Will Compton]

Basically, even if you tell me not

[Sherman Young]

to do it, I'm still gonna do it.

[Will Compton]

So if I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it, like, in the safest way possible.

[Sherman Young]

I just want you to know that. I mean, like, I. Look, buddy, if I'm gonna do. If I'm gonna do heroin, like, just know I'm gonna do it in the safest way possible. Like, I'm gonna do all my research and it's Something that I want to do, I'm gonna do it. I know that steroids is up there with it, but with heroin. But the, it's crazy.

[Will Compton]

And just the fact that he like thinking his dad's not supportive of it, he doesn't want him to do it. I'm trying to put myself in that dad's shoes. And then my son is telling me X, Y and Z. And then I also try to put myself in the shoes of the 16 year old. Let's go back to 16 year old will Willie C. If I had this rebellious type of urge to go against something my parents felt strongly about. Like if I was, if I was trying to do that dog with my, with my parents, with my dad, bro, they would have whipped my ass for trying. Yeah, well, there would be. Okay. They wouldn't whoop my ass. But my dad, if I pushed and rebelled and got to the point of, hey, I'm gonna do it whether you like it or not, my dad would have whooped my ass. Yeah, because you're, you're, you're being disobedient. Yes. And something that he was like a, he was like an amateur bodybuilder. Like he worked out, he did all the things so he would have knowledge in this to where he would not only have a strong opinion, but if I, if I even had the caj tone is to say, I'm gonna do this whether you like it or not, that I can't even bring myself even to my 16 year old state of mind to think that I would have the courage to say something like that because of that fear that you do have for your old man. Like it would never get to that point. But if it did, like I, I put up a funny response back. The look maxing I would have received from my old man saying, I'm gonna do it whether you like it or not, buddy. He'd say, I'll show you what the look maxing is. And he'd me up.

[Sherman Young]

I was about to say the quote unquote fear of God that was in me as a teenager. Would it deter that my, my main note. And I like, I do not know enough about clavicular as an individual. He's like the person that is really.

[Will Compton]

He's that influencer that does like the, the in real life streaming or something.

[Sherman Young]

Yes, IRL streaming. He's very much championed the looks maxing. He's championed like a lot of substance. Like he'll, he'll take meth for like stimulants and dieting and Like a bunch of crazy stuff, regardless of clavicular. Like, push that to the side. This is a tale as old as time of every single generation. And we're now. We're now the parents. It's kind of crazy, like, being on the side of this where it's like, yeah, like, hey, what the hell are the kids doing? Because back in the day, it was rock and roll and dancing and wearing skirts and, you know, my kid, you know, blah, blah, blah. Ye Very different from taking steroids. Very different. But it is kind of like a what? Like, who are your kids idolizing? Slash, what kind of standard or what kind of life are you living that they would want to idolize? Like, what's in front of them around the house being their mom or their dad, whether it's a girl or a boy. And the fact that they are more willing to idolize and replicate a complete stranger on the Internet over somebody that knows them very well and knows what's best for them, slash, that they love and see every day. It, like, it kind of shows the importance of not only setting standards, but, like, setting an example and building that relationship with your kiddo. It sounds like this kid was just kind of. He was floating in the ether. If he's gonna latch on to that.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

You know what I mean? Like, he was pretty directionless. That's, like, right where he's going.

[Will Compton]

Right. I see what you're saying. I get what you're saying. Because obviously the saying my dad would fuck me up. There's some, like, some humor I'm having in that. But knowing that, that would have been, like, a real reality, but also it would have never gotten to that point with us, to where I'm going against something that my parents feel strongly about. Not because there's anything that I have. I just. Now that I'm 36, now that I have a couple kiddos of my own, now that I look back or laugh or back, man would have did this to me. It's almost like, yeah, like, you see why parents have to be firm and strong in protecting their child's, like, innocence for as long as you can. Because you could get. Your kids could get off the path to idolizing certain individuals. And I don't know how much the parents are involved around. And I'm not going to say they're not.

[Sherman Young]

And I don't want to. Yes.

[Will Compton]

Like, I want to say that, like, when he's doing the interview, seeing that they're in a nicer house or this and that. So I'm just Curious of how involved and how much everything kind of goes on and plays into this, because to me, it just makes me think of, this can be something that happens if you don't have that strong foundation, connection and everything with your kiddos. Because I'm like, man, it's a fear of dude, I hope there's never a conference. Obviously, this is steroids. This is a masculine thing for the boys and all that type of stuff. But even on the girls version, hope I'm not getting into a spot to where Rue or Scotty is in this. I'm sure they'll have rebellious phases, but you want to keep their thumb on them so much to where it never gets to a point of where they feel like, I'm going to do something whether you like it or in them. I'm so handcuffed mentally as a parent of, you almost have to let this happen because what are you going to do? Like, dude, anytime I, like, got in a had a, like, a rebellious moment of, I'm going to run away from home or I'm going to do something that's way out of character, way out of. Way out of left field, my mom would literally look at me and say, go, I will help you pack your bags and get up from her chair and start going to my room. And, hey, which clothes do you want to take? Yeah. And then some, like, fear sets in. Like, I'm. I'm. I'm younger at this.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

I'm not 16, but it's almost like you almost have to be ready to cut them off. Hey, whatever you think you're trying to do, I will help you do that. And there's a point that obviously as a parent, you don't want that to happen, but you almost have to position yourself in a way of, like, I will cut you off from everything going on. Like, you live in our house. We pay the bills, we pay your tuition, we pay everything for you to live and function. All that's going to. Hey, give me your phone. Own, like, all this stuff's gonna. Wait, go. Go ahead, go. Go operate on your own.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

See how far it takes you. But knowing that the bond and the. The love and everything is so strong. Like, ultimately, I know when I. I'm trying to think, like, if I'm a young kid and I'm having a rebellious moment to where I'm gonna do X, Y and Z, I think I'm strong enough to, like, I'm gonna stand up to my parents right now.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

But behind it is such has been Such intention, love, bond, connection, protection, safety. That damn, they're really ready to just throw me out like that. To where there's almost the fear kicks in. You stay and then you kind of got them as a parent back where you want them. Not in like a manipulative, negotiative type of way, but that's essentially what it is. But if you're bonding, the foundation's not strong. It's almost like the kid will sit there and throw the guilt back at you. You never do this, you never do that, blah, blah, blah, okay, I will do this all on my own. Own. They go off and try to do it on their own and then they're telling all their friends, yeah, I'm doing X, Y and Z. I'm kind of homeless right now or I'm going to go stay with my buddies. I'm telling them what my parents did to me wrong and yada yada, yada. I. This is such a longer, more in depth conversation. I'm kind of just spitting things out into the ether right now.

[Sherman Young]

You're fine. And again, to like bring it back to a more concrete situation of like, you're my dad in this example, I am your son. Imagine all the steps that I have to take to your blind eye to get illegal prescribed steroids. Have a friend group or somebody that I interact with that's very pro this getting out of the house and, you know, going to the gym and injecting myself with steroids and blah blah, blah. Like there's a lot of absence or blind eye that you would have to give for me to even get to those steps. Does that make sense? Yeah, like it's not very seldom do does a kid wake up and go, you know what, dude, I'm gonna start juicing. I'm gonna start juicing today. And like, I wanna, I want girls to like me more. I want this to blah, blah, blah. And like the answer is steroids. Like, this kid has been searching for an answer for quite a while and it seems like no structure and no answers were really being thrown his way at home.

[Will Compton]

Toys get the answer from the influencers from the Internet versus having an answers or a safety to talk about it at home.

[Sherman Young]

Boom.

[Will Compton]

Or your parents having such a pulse on you to where maybe they notice something or the first couple weeks.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, buddy, I saw that you're working out. Dude, that's awesome. Would you want to, you know, hey, I need to get in a little bit of better shape too. Maybe we could start going to the gym like stuff like that.

[Will Compton]

What's been on your mind?

[Sherman Young]

What's on your mind now we're talking

[Will Compton]

because think about it from the terms of this, just seeing this and again, we're assuming a bunch of stuff. But you see this video.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

If dad's having a hard time and there was and he's probably thinking back of where did things go wrong now that you're here, you have to accept the reality that is currently happening. Think of all the steps that you now have to take as a parent to carefully build back all these bridges, to speak to them or to get to them in a way that they are now listening. It's going to take so much longer now on the back end or on this point moving forward. Because it wasn't. If you're able to look at yourself that closely as a parent to know I didn't do the necessary things to where now it got to this point and I would. Then you get into the regretful stage. I wish I would have done this. I wish I would have done that. Why are you going to change it now? Now that you see that there is a massive problem that you're seeing in your household, that you are with your boy and you are nervous about his health and safety. The kid just said, if I die at 30, I die at 30. Like he's Ivan Drago and Rocky.

[Sherman Young]

If I have a heart attack, he's Matt Rule before a dog.

[Will Compton]

If we die, we die. Like he's. To the point where he's saying that.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

In an interview.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Because I, I believe in. Look, smacking I believe in that is

[Sherman Young]

capital T. Truth to him. It's almost a religion at this point.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Full buy in. I and I'll say this another great healthy way. I sound like a therapist right now, but I feel like a great healthy way to show that you care for your kid. To also be able to monitor them, keep tabs on them. Is showing interest in things that just kind of come out of nowhere so that you can kind of know the direction of where it's going. Like, yeah, I, I love music as a kid and was, you know, doing piano and but really hated the piano lessons and my mom instead of, you know, hey, mom, I want to quit piano. What instrument do you really want to play? You don't like piano? What instrument do you want to play? I was like, well, I really, I want to play the drums. Awesome. We're going to do this where you're going to do stuff around the house. You're going to get money for a drum set. And let's get you some drum lessons so you can learn how to drum. I was like, like, hey, that's a. I like that idea. Let's do that. I did drum lessons for like four years when jerking came. Came out. The teaching how to jerk. Teach me, teach, brother. I got the high top vans. I got the skinny jeans. Saving up money for it. Going to the mall with my mom. I got it, mom. I got to wear this stuff. And had cardboard boxes out in our driveway, practicing one handed, like, handstand, like B boy style.

[Will Compton]

Oh, yeah.

[Sherman Young]

And my mom's sitting there every step of the way gone. Oh, yeah, that's good. Oh, Sherman, you're getting so much better at it. And it's like she's unfully, like, you know, buying me these things or like telling me to go practice jerking the dance stuff. But she's showing interest enough to have a pulse on me of like, this is something that Sherman's into. Hey, Sherman, would you want to take dance lessons? I was like, mom, you're crazy. That's like, no, that's the dumbest thing in the world. That'd be so embarrassing. I'm not doing that. Yeah, but like, she was there every step of the way to see where that tangent would go. I know that's very different from steroids, but it like when you have a pulse on your kid. No.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, you're right, bro. Like, it's not like we woke up today. You want to come in and like, shame this video, this kid, or certain things about this family.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

And obviously, obviously, we sit there now, we have our opinions or we say our things about the video. But ultimately it's like when I'm sitting there watching this video on my truck before I come into the shop.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

To me, it's like, it's a. These are things of fears you have as parents of like, God, I hope he doesn't get to this point one day with my kiddos when they grow up and they become teenagers.

[Sherman Young]

Nightmare.

[Will Compton]

And it just shows me that if you. You aren't intentional about how you move with the majority of things in your kids lives, like, this is a ripple effect that could take place and happen, happen. It's not like, hey, just naturally. These things are. Yeah, some little blips on the radar are going to happen throughout the course of all of parenthood. Like, that's. That's a fact. But to think like, your kid can go fully off the rails and do this just spontaneously out of nowhere. I'm just Saying that that's. To me. I'm calling because I'm thinking you can do so many different foundational things to where it honestly never even gets to this point.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, there was no pulse on the kid.

[Will Compton]

Because I see and I react. I'm like, God, I would beat my son's ass if this. And then it's like, okay, well, let's peel back. Let's go through the. All the things of, like, the regret you probably feel on the reaction of just wanting to fight him.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Be like, bro, what are you doing right now? This is terrible for you. This is unhealthy. Like, we've been around the park. I've been around the park a few times and know how bad this is for you. No, you're not going to do this. But do you have such a strong relationship with them to where they're actually hearing it, or. Oh, this is the first time my dad's ever taken interest in my life.

[Sherman Young]

And see, that's where. That's where we come in now, is where the. Has hit the fan and how your mom was able to go, okay, let's see how you do on your own. She's been there every step of the way with you, and she knows how much she needs you, how much you need her. The foundation that y' all have, the realization that you'll have in your head when you get to the end of the driveway with your overnight bags and you're like, what the am I doing? You know what I mean? To where he doesn't have that. So when kiddo is going, he's like, oh, like, he really will go, because I haven't. I've been so out here. He truly doesn't need me and is on this path himself. So now I have to, like, come in and I'll help in any way. Oh, you need money for the steroids. Here's the money for the steroids. As long as I'm still in your life and you're grasping for straws at that point, it's too late.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, well said. Said, well said. Because his. His goal and safety and vision is now. Like. Well, not is now, but it has been tied to, like, social media.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Like, the external. All the external things that he's feeding

[Sherman Young]

his mind with these guys on my computer and on my phone, 100 have my back more than my dad does. That is. That is his mindset right now.

[Will Compton]

These guys will tell me the way these.

[Sherman Young]

And my dad is such a fill in the blank that these guys aren't these Guys are the man.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

And that's gonna. That's gonna happen a million times over of, like, to bring it back to me again of, like, I thought the guys on YouTube in the hood doing these, like, teach me how to jerk videos were the coolest dudes on planet Earth, and I wanted to emulate that so bad. You with wwe, like, those guys, you're like, hell, yeah, dude. Like, these guys got it figured out. Every kid's gonna have their idols and, like, being able to attach yourself to your kiddo and support them in those endeavors of drum lessons, karate, ballet, gym, like, whatever. It is, like, being alongside them for it is, like, the healthiest way to navigate that. That.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Oh, good combo.

[Sherman Young]

Not an expert.

[Will Compton]

Not an expert.

[Sherman Young]

Nine months old. I don't know what I'm talking about.

[Charles]

She looks Maxes.

[Sherman Young]

Scarlet does looks max, however, in a healthy way.

[Will Compton]

In a healthy, healthy way.

[Sherman Young]

She. She's been wearing sunglasses recently. Have we talked about this?

[Will Compton]

How adorable are sunglasses? Oh, dude.

[Sherman Young]

And Scarlett loves the sunglasses. Loves them.

[Will Compton]

There's. Dude, it's so fun throwing sunglasses on them.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, and I picked out this outfit, dude. And Chef has the assets. We. This is my crack. A cold one.

[Will Compton]

Dude. Crack it open.

[Sherman Young]

Ollipop. Thank you. Thank you, Shirley Temple. There's an actual.

[Will Compton]

Go ahead, Crack it. Speak it.

[Sherman Young]

And not to give you extra work on the back end, Chef, but this is my super crack. A cold one. 3,000 thousand thousand.

[Chef]

Don't worry, for this one, I will be adding it.

[Sherman Young]

This is a major crack. A cold one, because we did have. We went to stokehouse. That is spelled H A U S the German stokehouse spelling. And it's a brewery slash barbecue place. And we did a little pt6 get together with Chef and Deke and myself, and I brought Scarlet along.

[Will Compton]

Song.

[Sherman Young]

It was Rue's birthday.

[Will Compton]

Okay. It was ruse PT Friendship meetup. I know Deke was busting my balls about a friend's lunch that I missed, and now I'm hearing that it was a PT6.

[Charles]

It was a sponsored Ollipop Nanic cam. Wayfair boys got to know each other.

[Will Compton]

Bring your daughter.

[Charles]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

We all. We all had the safety glass gable video. You don't like these things.

[Will Compton]

And just to be clear, this happened on Friday.

[Sherman Young]

This happened on Friday.

[Will Compton]

Okay.

[Charles]

Your daughter's birthday just to help you. We just did.

[Sherman Young]

Yes. And if. Dude, it's really my crack. A cold one is. I love that I've gotten to a place with Scarlet through the challenges that I've received from Jill, from yourself, from Other friends that have just lived life with their. I'm talking infancy kiddos, like, getting out of the house with your little ones. I've now gotten to a place where I'm like, I'm going to stokehouse with these guys to this brewery, no questions asked. I'm bringing Scarlet. What do I need? I need her bag. Oh, man, she's been loving sunglasses. She has those sunglasses that are kind of like a burnt orange color. And she's got this little outfit I could throw on. Her mom's gonna love that. I'll throw her in that outfit with the sunglasses. Oh, I'll get the high chair table that connects to the table. It's going to be easy. I know she loves Mac and cheese. Do they have Mac and cheese? Jake's like, yeah, I'm pretty sure.

[Will Compton]

Great.

[Sherman Young]

Then this is going to be an awesome endeavor. We had some adult bevies. We're just having a time. And there was, like, zero stress to that situation. And, like, not the pride, but just, like, the joy that I had of, like, walking in with my girl, like, right there. And everybody in the little brewery that wasn't associated with us seeing her and, like, seeing their little face of like, oh, my God. And you're like, yeah, dude, I got this cute kid and, like, she's out in the world and we're living life. And, like, it was just awesome, dude. That's why it's a super mega crack. A cool one. 3000.

[Will Compton]

I love that.

[Sherman Young]

And bonus.

[Will Compton]

Were you about to cry?

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Don't you see the. The shine on his eyes?

[Sherman Young]

The shine for sure, but not the.

[Will Compton]

Not. This doesn't fully get there. Like, you're composed. It's like the composure you have when tears are about to come.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Got you.

[Sherman Young]

That muscle has been very much worked out in flex to where, like, I didn't have that before. This show, like, this show has vastly helped me. Do not just go into cry mode. I cried quoting Hardball. Dude. Don't forget about that.

[Will Compton]

Dude. That story. The cracker cold one that fires me up. You should be proud, man. Because I do. I feel like. And we know this. When you're a new parent, a lot of times you. You feel so tied and locked to the structure and the scheduling very. Of your kids. To where your kids. Because they do. Your kids ultimately decide, like, what your decisions are going to be with everybody.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

But a lot of times you're so tied to. They have to do naps. Like, obviously naps. They should be doing naps. But, you know, people are like, they have to nap in the crib, they have to nap at home. It has to be from one to three. It has to be. They have to eat their lunch at this time. It has to be this meal. It can't be a meal on the go.

[Sherman Young]

It has to be a bottle.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Like, some things you have your non negotiables that you kind of prepare for when you leave the door and go out of the house. But just the freedom that you. Where I'm like, dude, you should be super proud. The freedom that you have of just knowing, I am going to go to lunch with the boys. Like, you guys pick a time. Oh, this time kind of goes in line where it kind of leaks into what nap time would be or what nap time is going to be. And then the thought of, let's just like, dude, I'm bringing the kiddo or I'm bringing the kiddos and they'll be able to nap a little bit on the. In the car if need be. What are all the things I need to bring? Because we're going to go and get out and they're going to be a part of my world versus me just being so immersed and doing everything in their world to where I'm saying no to everybody else and then I'm shouting. The next thing you know, you have the anxiety and urge like, God, I've got to get out of the house. I feel like I'm in a prison.

[Sherman Young]

Stir crazy.

[Will Compton]

You're stir crazy. Yeah, man.

[Sherman Young]

And what was so fun is we had a great time. Chef had to get to something. Deacon. I stayed for, like, extra 45 fish and I totally missed Scarlet's bottle at 2. And so I looked at the. I literally did a. Oh, like, what time is it?

[Will Compton]

You're grabbing for your keys.

[Sherman Young]

It was 2:45. I was like, I gotta go, I gotta. And then I was like, oh, wait, no, I packed her bottle. I have all the stuff here. She can just eat here and we'll push nap time and all that stuff. And like being able to kind of go with the flow because you're confident.

[Will Compton]

Or they've always only taken a heated bottle.

[Sherman Young]

Bottle.

[Will Compton]

Oh, I forgot to heat the milk. Yeah, yeah, this is cold. Then your brain goes to, let's see if they like some cold milk.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Then they try it. They might drink it and be like, oh, snap. I just kind of found a little dad hack for our little world. Say she doesn't like it. Then you're trying to figure out the pivot of we're inside of a restaurant. Hey, I got my 8 month old. Is there any way I could get some hot water? Any way to warm this up to where they do and then they bring the bottle back and you just solved all the problems because you're just going with the flow and like, hey, we. I need to find a way to make this happen. Yeah. If you get to a total dead end, you might have to go home.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

But no matter what, you're trying to like, exhaust all options of being on the go. Like Charl, we get so proud that Charles was big on. We're going to travel with them. We're going to. Hey, if we're going to the farmer, like getting out of the house, doing this, like they're going to adapt more to our world with the structures that we have around them. We're going to need all the things that we need to go with them. And it is like, it is hard at times. Like it is shitty when you're on a flight and they won't calm down or they need all these things and they're antsy or they're a busy body. Like all the. That you go through to make some of your travel plans or vacations or weekends or having an afternoon, like for those things to happen like that. Make no mistake, the is difficult.

[Sherman Young]

It is.

[Will Compton]

But now like Rubing4 like, she just feels so much more adapted to being a kid that like, we're gonna be on the go. We're gonna be doing these.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

To where she's even thinking of things. Or Scotty might need this.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Or she communicates what she needs. But she's just so. She's getting so well versed and so adapted to us just being kind of a busy family or on the move at all times to where now you're just like, you're happy that you did those things. Yes.

[Sherman Young]

Dude. It is like a introduction into your life for the kiddos.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

So that you're adapting to their needs, but they're also adapting to your. Because those will be their needs eventually. Those needs for social interaction, for outdoor time.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

For hobbies that like, bring them joy.

[Will Compton]

For just their curiosity. Their curiosity like that at. Why are we standing in the secure. Why. Why is it called a security line? Why do we have to stand here? Why are there so many people? What. What number do I have to look for? Like the gate? Like, you know, she knows like her ABCs and she knows the one, two, threes. All that stuff to where you're like learning on the go with them. Like you're having these little fun moments. Hey, fine. Gate. We're looking for B and A9. You gotta look up on these, across these hallways and try to find B9 for Dada. Well, why are they up there? And you're explaining to them why they're up there. People got to be able to see him. It can't be low because it wouldn't be able to be visible.

[Sherman Young]

What if they were down there?

[Will Compton]

Okay, so that way, like, let me pick you all the way up. You put them on your shoulder. You see how you can see? See all the way down the hallway. That's why they do this. Dad, why are you looking at the screen? Trying to see where our check baggage claim is going to be.

[Sherman Young]

What's check baggage claim?

[Will Compton]

Dude, great question, great question. But they're like, they're learning in real time. And then the next iterations that you do, where you're traveling, they almost. They start to get a foundation of like, what the process looks like. And then it's just cool to see. Yeah, dude, they're gonna just see them kind of have the knowledge or learn or like, ask the right questions. Oh, we do this because of this. Dude, you're right. Good job.

[Sherman Young]

Yes. And there's so much education to be had in books and flashcards, etc. Yeah, we do flashcards. Y' all have a great little game. This was a while ago. Y' all might not even do it anymore. With Rue, where y' all have this little game where Charo was like, now Rue, look outside. Is it it sunny? Is it overcast? Is it kind of cloudy? And she puts a busy board. Yeah. And well, what time is it? Okay, you put on this time and

[Will Compton]

there's like, what day of the week?

[Sherman Young]

What day of the week is it?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, the degree range outside and the degree. Right. Like, how hot is it going to be? Like finding the 60, finding the 70?

[Sherman Young]

Like, there, there's stuff to be learned inside. But then like the real life application of it, of getting out of the house even when they're little. And I am no expert, but like everybody, all of my close friends were like, there's no shot in hell that you're going to Waco, Texas for Auburn, Baylor, with an 8, 8 week old. You are a psychopath. You're a psycho. And it's not gonna happen. And I'm so glad that we did it because it really did set that benchmark of if we were able to do that when she was eight weeks, we're on cruise control as far as like, how much Easier this gets. And it does. Jill's like, we said, she stole my daughter away from me this week. And yeah.

[Will Compton]

And you just. You get like, again, it's like, dude, you should be proud. It's like, as parents, you just get proud of yourself because you did challenge yourself to do, like, hey, you're a psych. Oh, we shouldn't do that. Why shouldn't we do that? And they kind of tell you maybe some good reasons why. Oh, I get that. Maybe you pivot back to. You don't do the thing because, hey, I wasn't thinking about all of these things. Or you see it as like, well, I like our chances. We'll figure it out.

[Sherman Young]

And do. We are not experts.

[Will Compton]

Not experts.

[Sherman Young]

Your kid is susceptible to stuff at eight weeks. Totally get it if you're not going to travel for those reasons. And that's very smart of you.

[Chef]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Like, I'm not saying you're a good parent if you do one or the other.

[Will Compton]

Yes.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Zero, zero. Like, Charles was listening last week, and she was like, what did you say about how Scarlett, like, drops her passy on the floor or can't put it

[Sherman Young]

back in her mouth? Where was she? At the airport.

[Will Compton]

At the airport. At the airport. And Charo and I were laughing. Like, we kind of just let it ride when it hits the ground and put it back in. But then if you're like, Johnny on the spot is an extreme example. But if you're in a very dirty, like, if it's like, in a bathroom or in a stall and it hits.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Clean it off. But I'm thinking, yeah, like in the middle of an airport. Like, in the middle of the airport, it drops on the ground. Hey, pick that back up. Like, get it back in. Hey. And there's. There's a thousand different ways to skin a cat.

[Sherman Young]

The amount times I've done. Yeah. Hell, yeah.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

But, you know, wifey standing right there. I'm in the airport.

[Will Compton]

Oh, yeah. Oh, we.

[Sherman Young]

We got an extra one in the bag. You're right, honey.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. You know, like, right now we're trying to. Speaking of the thousand different ways to skin a cat, we're showing r. Like, we had shepherd's pie last night. You know, in shepherd's pie, you got the ground beef, you got the peas, you got the carrots, you got the mashed potatoes. And it's all kind of mixed together. Rue's not like she identifies something that in her brain, she's not liking that we have to go to Daniel Tiger. It's fun. To try new things because it might taste good. What would Daniel Tiger say? Because she's like, you know, she's for whatever reason, doesn't like peas or since carrots are cut in a small little way, she doesn't like carrots, dude, you don't know what you like. You got to try it. Because she would heat the beef. She likes the beef, but she's kind of picking through it. I'm just like, dude, come on. Like, just scoop it up. You want to mix the mashed potatoes in it. See how you take the fork and you kind of stir it. It makes it a little creamy. And dream me scoop it up. I promise you, you won't taste the peas, you won't taste the carrots. You will taste the ground beef that you're tasting and a little bit of those mashed potatoes that you like. Hey, we're trying to get her to do it, but Charles, like a lot of ways to skin a cat, sweetheart.

[Sherman Young]

And I'm like, oh, to you.

[Will Compton]

She said it. She was saying it to Rue. Oh, to Rue. She said it to Rue. Rue wanted to try something. She's like, yeah, sweetie, you can do that. A lot of ways to skin a cat. And I just kind of chuckled myself. Like, Rudy, you know how to skin a cat. See, me and the boys back when I was growing up, tied firecracker. Maybe I'll teach you one day there you want bedtime story. Tonight we talk about bro, I had a. Oh my gosh. I had a tweet, a post over the weekend where I couldn't believe Rue had turned.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, I turned four.

[Will Compton]

Where Rue had turned four.

[Sherman Young]

You kind of had a self reflecting moment.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Just to continue to fill space. Continue to fill.

[Sherman Young]

Is that your crackers cold one this week, by the way?

[Will Compton]

Rue Turner, four. Yeah, absolutely, bro. And Easter egg hunts. We'll get into Easter egg hunts and I want to learn about the nanny conversation. My, my post was, I can't believe my daughter just turned four. Time goes by way too fast and I absolutely hate it. I know I have a ways to go, but my takeaway so far, the worst part about being is watching them grow up. Obviously we talked about that. Yes, in depth a little bit last week. On last week's episode. It's not the tantrums, not the late night wake ups, not having to go back up to a room for 30 minutes to talk to her about how wolves won't attack her while she sleeps. That's on me for including mean wolves in her make believe story. But essentially Cherish every moment. It goes way too fast. But going back up to talk to her about wolves and story time and skin of cats, to bring it all the way back around, she. We are now in this phase to where she doesn't want books currently right now for, like, the last, I would say, week. She wants stories from us. Stories which kind of challenges you as a parent.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Because now you're. You're legitimately trying to storytell. How many stories can you just make up in your brain? I'm tying it to. Okay. I'm like, what characters do you want to be in it? She always wants Tiger. She always wants Princess Cerulean in the story. So I just grab any Disney movie that I have. Lion King.

[Sherman Young]

That's genius.

[Will Compton]

Bug's life.

[Sherman Young]

Tangled angels in the outfield.

[Will Compton]

It could be angels in the out. Ones that, like, you know well, that you've seen a lot that you remember back in the day. And then you just insert said characters and then make up all the other characters. Yeah, but one. She wanted it to be a mountain. Princess Cerulean. Zooey. That was a name we kind of made up in one of the stories. Zooey, Tige, Tiggy's friends. But Tyggy's friends got to be the bad guys, because there's got to be bad. But she's kind of giving me a lot of parameters to where it kind of cuffed me to how I could storytell.

[Sherman Young]

Sounds like the producer needs to get out of the writing room.

[Will Compton]

Kind of like that.

[Sherman Young]

Like, hey, writer's right. You produce.

[Will Compton]

So, like, I need to. I need to implement that standard. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

But it got it to where I basically did the Bug's life story to where they go off. Princess Cerulean and Tigi, they have to deliver food to Ty or. No, Princess Cerulean and Zooey were the good guys in the story. She wanted Tyggy to be a bad guy with his friends.

[Sherman Young]

Okay. Okay.

[Will Compton]

Tigi was a hopper, the bad guys in Bug's life. So Princess Cerulean, she wanted the town to be called Beautiful. To where there's beautiful trees, beautiful grass, beautiful flowers. So I have to involve this entire story of once upon a time. There's Princess Cerulean and Zooey, and they lived in this place called Beautiful. Trees, grass, flowers. And they lived the happiest life ever. The only. But the only thing they had to do to continue to live happy was to deliver food once a month to Tige and his bad guy friends. Every month, Tiger and his bad guy friends would come in and they would collect the food that. That Princess Cerulean and Zoie would round up with everybody in the town. All the people, all the animals, all the insects. They'd round up the food, deliver it to have it. Setting out for Tygy and the bad guys. Y. Tyggi and his friends, they'd pick it up and they'd go on their way. Till one day, all the food, they set it out, and this big gust of wind came through. Are you guys familiar? Pretty good with the bugs. Are you guys sticking. Are you guys staying with me?

[Sherman Young]

Tagline. What's right?

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm a bug's lifer or the main character in bug's life. I forget his name, but he's out there.

[Sherman Young]

Something like flip or. Yeah, yeah, something like that.

[Charles]

Flick.

[Sherman Young]

Flick.

[Will Compton]

There we go. He, like, messes up and hits, like, the rock, and all the food falls down into the river. Yep. I'm just. There's no flick in this one. The wind picks it up, blows it away. So Zooey decides she's gonna go off on her own to find some friends from a nearby town to gather some food. Those friends names, I'm like, what do you want those friends name to be? She was like, hook.

[Sherman Young]

Boom. Great flick, by the way.

[Will Compton]

Dean.

[Sherman Young]

Dean. Dean the dude Dean.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, dude. Dean and bear.

[Sherman Young]

Let's go.

[Will Compton]

But as she's going to the town, she has to go through a forest. In the forest. I'm thinking, all right, what. What scary things could be in the forest? Because this is a journey. You got to take them on a journey.

[Sherman Young]

You have to.

[Will Compton]

All my brain thought of was wolves. Wolves. And all of a sudden, she's in the. She's. She's in the forest. She sees the town light from down the road. It's dark out. And all she sudden, she hears, and she's like. She kind of, like, leans up out of bed. No, like. And then. Then Zooey hears. Start chasing Zooey. Zooey's running hook. Dean and Bear are at the end by line. Hey, just get to us. We'll save you from the wolves. They make it to him. They save him from the wolves. The wolves run back in there. Zooey tries to break down. Hey, here's what I need help with. We got to g. Tygy because Tyke made a visit and said, if you don't deliver food, I'm like, I can't say I'll kill you. So I'm like, we'll throw you in a cave and trap you there forever. Oh, no. So Zoe's Breaking it down. To all friends in this town, this nearby town, they're like Dean, Hook and Bear. Hey, we'll help you. We will help you. Yes. The stipulation, they got to go into the force and gather all this food. I'm just naming all R's favorite foods like yogurt, meat, eggies, meat sticks, meat sticks, bananas, blueberries. All over, gathering all. But then the wolves found you didn't

[Sherman Young]

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[Will Compton]

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[Sherman Young]

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[Will Compton]

Like the just one tapping, ridiculously fast

[Sherman Young]

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[Will Compton]

Start your free trial [e-mail] win Zooey, bear, hook and Dean. Now you need a sacrifice in this moment story. How are they going to get out of the forest?

[Sherman Young]

Don't do Dean. Don't sacrifice Dean.

[Will Compton]

Zooey, Dean and Hook were going to continue and run. Bear. Bear was going to sacrifice himself. She wanted Bear to growl and roar at the wolves. Yeah, bro. And so Bear is like, you guys go. I'll stay back. He's having his heroic moment in his. In the hero's journey. While they save themselves, they go to Princess Cerulean. They have the food. They're all happy. Hey, Zooey, Hook, Dean, why are you guys sad? We lost Bear. But meanwhile in the forest, no, Bear defeats. Yeah, Bear defeats the wolves. And right when they were trying to live happily ever after. And Zooey and Hook and Dean, they were still sleeping. Said, out walks bear.

[Sherman Young]

Please.

[Will Compton]

He made it.

[Sherman Young]

Please tell me you got Skrilla playing on your phone. As you go out of the forest, they hear a subtle music. Bear's just slow mo coming out of the brush.

[Will Compton]

God. So I crushed that story.

[Sherman Young]

You crushed that story.

[Will Compton]

Was leaning up out of her bed, like, hitting all the moves. So I tuck her in. We lay. She's asking all the questions about the story. Why are they a bad guy? Well, you wanted him to be a bad guy, so I had to kind of. That kind of had to be their role. Go downstairs. Ruth starts crying. Mom goes up. Mom comes down. Hey, what story did you tell her? Did you talk about wolves? It's like, yeah, I was kind of just thinking on my feet. I needed a. I needed a moment of adversity while they were trying to go through the forest. And all I could think about were the wolves. And she's like, well, now she's scared of wolves. Like, she sees shadows on the wall. The sound light. The. The sound machine. The light's too bright, so I have to. I had to turn down the sound machine. Yeah, because she's scared, Shadow. She thinks the wolves are going to get her. And I'm like, ah, you live and you learn. Then 15 minutes later, Rue starts crying again. I go up there because I'm like, all right, I did this. Rue's scared because she has so much fear that she can't get out of her bed to turn up the light because she can't see anything now. And she's scared of all the walls being black. And so I gotta lay there with her, talk to her about wolves. Hey, no wolves are gonna get you in the house. There's no wolves in the house. There's no wolves in your room. There's no wolves in the house. There's no wolves outside. Side. And she's like, there are wolves in the forest. I'm like, oh, there's wolves in the forest. Like, far, far away. But, sweetheart, it's all make believe. Like that as just telling stories. That is just doing make believe. I'm pretending there's no wolves even close to us. Yeah, our wolves. Black, white, gray, brown, black. Yeah. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

That doesn't. Honey, that doesn't matter, by the way. Doesn't matter.

[Will Compton]

Wolves in the forest. Like, we have forest outside. Ah, sweetheart, those are just trees. Well, all the trees. They're close. They're close together. So it's like a forest. Like, that's a great point. Point. But they're not. They're. They're. Sweetheart, you got to go to sleep. There's no wolves. There's no wolves. Chef had a great point, too.

[Sherman Young]

Chef had a great point about the

[Will Compton]

legend because I was telling Chip about this yesterday.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, I gotta.

[Chef]

I gotta fix. I told Will, first thing he needs to do is say, sweetheart, I am a wolf. They're good and bad wolves. So you just want to stay away from the bad wolves. And then the forest part, you go, no, that's the woods. That's just the woods. The forest is deep. The force is far. It's no homes around the forest.

[Will Compton]

A lot of force in the forest.

[Chef]

There's a lot of. The forest is a special place you. That's just the woods behind. Behind the house.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Forest Canada Woods. America. Yeah. Wait, are we in America still? Oh, it's just the woods.

[Will Compton]

Oh, are we in Nashville, Tennessee?

[Sherman Young]

Oh, it's Just the woods.

[Will Compton]

It's just the wood, sweetheart. Hey. Go to sleep.

[Sherman Young]

Well, Chef had the exact same idea as me and not to, like, bring levity just for a laugh, but I really would have loved to see you pull up your. Whoever made that, like, real rudimentary highlight tape of you with, like, the intro where it's the text on screen of your NFL highlights. It's like, Will Compton, number 51, the Wolf. And it's like the image of a wolf and you being like. Like, coming out of the smoke and truly being like, your dad is a wolf. But I'm a good wolf. And look how I took care of all these other wolves. Like, I. I think that would open something up for her. Of.

[Will Compton]

Hey, I'm like, like, oh, my dad can turn into a wolf.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, my dad. Well, he could turn into a wolf.

[Will Compton]

That. He's a good wolf.

[Sherman Young]

A good wolf.

[Will Compton]

He's a good wolf. He's a good one.

[Sherman Young]

And maybe she's too young for that.

[Charles]

You solved this. Before one of my first episodes, we had a caller call in how his kid had thought they had a monkey in the room, and we said they should put out anti monkey stickers.

[Sherman Young]

Oh.

[Charles]

And so I'm just saying it sounds like an anti wolf sticker situation.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, I forgot about that. And wolf spray, dude, with the aerosols.

[Will Compton]

That's what I need to go to.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. Dude.

[Will Compton]

When you're doing story time instead of books. Books. You're taking way longer doing story time because you're having to, like, think on your feet the whole time. I'm caught up, and I gotta have, like, these moments of, like, keeping her on her toes, and it takes so long. And then they want to have a recap of the entire story. So you just get to where you run down after doing bedtime for a certain period of time. You're going down, ready to kick your feet up. Now she's crying. She's scared. Okay, I did this. Let's go put these fires out. But I need to. I need to flip the switch.

[Sherman Young]

Mike. Secret stuff, dude. Go to Walgreens, get a cleaner spray bottle, tape over it. Wolf spray water in there. Surprise her tonight. Honey, look what I got at the store.

[Chef]

I think one last point is when you're doing a story like this, always give a descriptor of, like, a far, far away land.

[Sherman Young]

This happened.

[Chef]

This happened far, far away. The. This doesn't even exist around me.

[Will Compton]

That's.

[Chef]

That way you can. You can say whatever you want in the story and go, no, that's the forest and blah, blah, blah. It's far, far.

[Will Compton]

It's.

[Chef]

We'll never even go there.

[Will Compton]

Next. Next thing I know, she'll. She'll have me up with her glow globe in the room and back. Can you show me where? Yeah. All right. It's over here.

[Sherman Young]

In Japan, you're opening some more doors,

[Chef]

but I think that's a good. Like, you're putting the expectation first that, hey, this is not anywhere. This isn't in Tennessee.

[Will Compton]

Yes, sweetheart. This is in Ukraine.

[Sherman Young]

It will. Well, I would be remembering if I'm being so sincere in this. We brought up Stokehouse, the barbecue place. Shout out. No free shout out.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. No free shout outs.

[Sherman Young]

A lot of people we've been seeing comments. Hey, when are you gonna let Jeff talk about his turkey? When are you gonna let him talk about the truck? I would love to let chef talk about the pulled pork at Stokehouse, if we have a brief moment for it. Is that okay?

[Chef]

Am I getting the green light?

[Will Compton]

Oh, is he getting what?

[Chef]

Am I getting the green light? Light?

[Will Compton]

Are.

[Sherman Young]

Is he getting the green light?

[Will Compton]

Green lights mean go green. Green. You're getting the green light, chef. All right, Seon Team 6, BT6. We are all.

[Sherman Young]

I want to hear about the pool.

[Chef]

Derek invited me this place, and I had no clue that Derek had not been there. Derek is. He's been on a run.

[Will Compton]

I.

[Chef]

There's no other way to say it.

[Sherman Young]

On a heater. He's on a heater.

[Will Compton]

We show up.

[Chef]

This place is very unassuming. Now, I will say, when I walked in, they had an offset smoker sitting in the side that looked like it was 300 years old. That's a good smoke sign now. And also, let me preface. I am. I take a lot of pride in my barbecue. I take a lot of pride in rating it and caring about it. And I. I take very much pride in how I rate giving it the

[Will Compton]

love and respect it deserves.

[Chef]

Will this place, limited menu. All it does in meats is pulled pork, Memphis style pork ribs, and then on Saturday, Sundays, they do brisket. Am I correct in that?

[Sherman Young]

It's a very Texas style brisket, dude.

[Chef]

Yeah, it is. I didn't.

[Will Compton]

We didn't.

[Chef]

The brisket. It was Friday, so they didn't. They weren't doing the brisket. I got a half pound of pull po pork, and that's my go to. I'm a pulled pork guy, like, Carolina style. I like a vinegar sauce. It's the best. I've been thinking about this lot over the weekend. It is the best Pulled pork in Tennessee. And I don't say that lightly. They. They do a heavy bark over it, and what they do is they soak it in a vinegar, and that gives it this juice and this tang. It's my kind of style. I'm not as much on the sweet barbecue. I like to have the tang. And it. It did that. And my next favorite thing in barbecue is Memphis style dry rubber ribs, and they had some of the best. I. I wouldn't put them over like a rendezvous in Memphis, but, I mean, overall, I was shocked. Limited menu, too. The Mac and cheese is great.

[Charles]

Curly fries.

[Chef]

The curly fries were incredible.

[Sherman Young]

Plantains.

[Chef]

Yeah, Smoked plantains.

[Will Compton]

Talk to him.

[Chef]

It was the smokehouse, and I was. I was floored. I think Derek and my reaction, I was kind of, like, in a shock. I didn't know what to say during it.

[Sherman Young]

But, yeah, Derek, unfortunately, is my favorite part of chef's experience. Chef was doing a review on Snapchat. Were you recording yourself?

[Will Compton]

Snapchat.

[Sherman Young]

He was recording himself with Snapchat as he was taking bites of Will. And I swear to God, this is how fast his rating of the pull pork was. He's recording himself. He goes, pull pork looks pretty good. Let's get a bot. Seven out of ten. That fast. Seven out of ten.

[Will Compton]

Seven, I think. I don't remember.

[Sherman Young]

It was.

[Chef]

I don't remember the number I gave. I don't know if I gave it a number.

[Sherman Young]

Maybe I'm wrong. But the review. The review.

[Will Compton]

You might have just been lost in the experience.

[Sherman Young]

I was lost in the experience.

[Will Compton]

I was just watching Chef work.

[Sherman Young]

The review was as fast as Dave Portnoy giving a pizza. 0.0. You know when he, like, doesn't he.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

I mean, he was. It was flat on his ass.

[Chef]

And I wonder if it's recent bias. Like, that's where I've been. There's a place in East Tennessee called Ridgewood that's up in Johnson City. Old Gus's Mountain pit, Sweetwater, Tennessee. Those are places I have high. I'm wondering, like, do I need to go back and retry? And then there's places out east to Memphis's and Jackson, so it's a. But, man, I was. I was shocked. I was very happy.

[Will Compton]

Will, we gotta.

[Chef]

I know it's your daughter's birthday, but you.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Hell, yeah.

[Chef]

We should have found a way.

[Sherman Young]

3 for 2.

[Jill]

3.

[Will Compton]

3 for 3.

[Sherman Young]

Deke is. Deek's not hot. He's burning. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Who do we have? Another special guest?

[Will Compton]

We do.

[Sherman Young]

Who do we have? Yay, Target. Target.

[Will Compton]

Thank you.

[Sherman Young]

Thank you. That's. That's a new record. Two special guests.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. She was about to come on the show.

[Will Compton]

Well, she wasn't saying nothing. She was just like, why are you guys clapping?

[Sherman Young]

Oh, she did. Was that record.

[Will Compton]

Dude, she wasn't messing around. She was trying to get her delivery.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, she's like.

[Will Compton]

That's why she's great. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. That's why she's the best. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

She doesn't know what she walked into.

[Charles]

So you guys know it's four full bags of Olipops. Full, full bags of Ollie.

[Sherman Young]

You can't make it up.

[Will Compton]

Make sure we get paid for our every two. We get one free. Make sure. Make sure we get paid.

[Sherman Young]

The receipts get drinkolipop.com BWTB should we

[Will Compton]

knock out some coffee? Comments, please. Please, let's knock out some comments. I have a couple just from last week. Just from last week.

[Sherman Young]

Let's do that.

[Will Compton]

Josh Jacobs is back on the show again. Get a shout out on the pod. Good. Get mistaken for the Josh Jacobs.

[Chef]

Good.

[Will Compton]

In the words, Allen. In the words from Alan from the hangover, your Josh is a white, laughing cry emoji face. Appreciate you boys. Keep up the great work.

[Sherman Young]

Thank you, Josh. This comes from Duncan Robertson, 8790 on YouTube. YouTube. Looking for an update on the matchmaking opportunity from a few weeks ago. Need to know if our two sickos were able to meet virtually or in person for a date. Hashtag pt6.

[Will Compton]

Duncan, I think it's over. Yeah, we lost Courtney.

[Sherman Young]

We're very hands off in the same way you would be with really close friends and setting them up on a blind date. And you don't want to ruin the.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, you don't want to get in the dynamic.

[Sherman Young]

We all of a sudden we kind of felt like, like, oh, did we. Did we go too into the.

[Will Compton]

Did we put too much pressure?

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, yeah, we're sorry.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, sorry. Yeah. J. Roma here. 9109 dad lost followup. This is our. This is our boy that chimed in last week to worry his dad loss was sent his daughter to school, didn't have the hair ready. Sent her in with some hair ties.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Compton]

Follow up on the dad loss. And my daughter's hair turned out great for picture day. Thank you to her teachers. Thanks for the shout out. No free shout outs on the podcast. Those.

[Sherman Young]

Wow. Wow.

[Will Compton]

Simple, simple.

[Sherman Young]

Kaylee Allen, 21 on YouTube. MT6 are here thinking. Oh, dude, I read this before the show. Lock in for this.

[Will Compton]

Okay. Okay.

[Sherman Young]

MT6 are here thinking of Sherm's car schedule and making it come to life. We are talking about me owning the garage at this new house and that also involving Jill's car. The best thing we ever did is use mobile services as much as possible possible. I have my oil change service come to my house and by the time I'm done loading the dishwasher, my car's ready to roll. Same goes for the detailer scheduled for every 60 days. Such a lifesaver. And I don't have to even think about it.

[Will Compton]

Oh my.

[Sherman Young]

And I know that those prices get

[Will Compton]

a mobile oil changer.

[Sherman Young]

Yes. And the prices are competitive.

[Will Compton]

That's dad hack of the week.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, that's. I mean, we have a dad hat of the week. Okay. Bonus dad hack.

[Will Compton]

That one feels. That one feels great. Yeah. I did not know that there's mobile. Mobile oil changing people out there.

[Sherman Young]

Sorry, I threw it on the ground. Kaylee, I'm gonna. I'm gonna pocket this pocket.

[Will Compton]

I'm folded up pocket. This one I got here. This is a new dad, Nick. Sponsor. Sponsor. Hey, man. Found before the Dads podcast. The Wednesday after I found out my then fiance was pregnant. Me and my boys were on a golf trip the night before we came home and I had a dream that I was going to have triplets. I got home and she set three positive pregnancy tests in front of me. I dead ass looked her in the eye and said, does this mean we're having triplets? Fast forward. I have a little girl that was born on March 26, 2026 at 3:22am labor is a process and wow, what the women do is truly amazing. My wife, we got married. Courthouse for the win. Pushed for five hours. Had to do an emergency C section so I couldn't be there at the time my daughter was born. My wife was under anesthesia. So she shows she couldn't even hold her. Now five days with this little one and she is our whole world. Your guys's podcast has been awesome. In preparation and through the unknowns, the hard times and the ups and downs, already I just think of you guys and have love for the show. Love you guys. And proud to be a part of Papa Team 6. And yes, she's been deep asleep in my arms writing this while the wifey is getting some rest. Rock on, boys.

[Sherman Young]

Come on. He's already diving in, dude.

[Will Compton]

Diving in.

[Sherman Young]

I have Justin Doherty, 7469 on YouTube. He says the going home bundle would be a good idea for sure. I think. But we need some boy dad. Merch. Justin. We'll look into it. We'll look into it.

[Will Compton]

We're looking into.

[Sherman Young]

We're looking into it. That. That's a good way to phrase it.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, we're looking into it. I have a hubby shout out here from Gracie Heflin on Instagram. Hi, I was wondering if you guys could do a shout out for my fiance on his birthday on April 11th, 7th. Oh, see all people are listening. Three days. He's turning 32. Could you guys shout him out on the podcast you released just before his birthday? He is a first time dad. We welcomed our baby girl Beckham in July of 2025. We listen to your podcast weekly and we look forward to them so much. His name is Skyler Brownlow. Brownlow. Brownlow. B R O W N L O W. Brownlow. That seems like Brownlow. And he's easily the greatest dad and partner in the world. If you could shout him out and let him know that Grace and Beckham love him so much and we are so proud of him, it would mean so much to me and him. I want him to feel incredibly special. Thanks for reading. You guys rock. Well, Gracie, we. We don't have. It seems like this is a comment we would read and then just shout him out on our own naturally. But. But just reading your comment all the way through, it feels like we just. We knocked it all out of the park.

[Charles]

A quick note from her. I try when people send those in to match them up with the episode. She sent that in the beginning of March. So she had this in the chamber. So I actually asked Gracie, I said, hey, can you DM us back closer to the episode to remind us?

[Sherman Young]

Remind.

[Charles]

She hit me up yesterday and said,

[Will Compton]

you know what you are? You're an uncle that cares. You're an uncle that cares.

[Sherman Young]

An uncle. How now Brown la.

[Will Compton]

How now Brown la.

[Sherman Young]

All Skyler. Brown la. Dude.

[Will Compton]

Happy birthday.

[Sherman Young]

Happy birthday, Skyler. You are a sicko.

[Will Compton]

Hey, Skyler, for your birthday, two fun coupons.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, what did those go to?

[Will Compton]

Shock Wave and put a bow on it.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, what's that entail?

[Will Compton]

Happy birthday.

[Sherman Young]

Happy birthday.

[Will Compton]

They listen to our podcast weekly. They know what it entails.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, what is it? If I'm a new listener and I want and I'm new to the show, what is that? Let's put a bow on it. What's Shockwave?

[Will Compton]

Shock Wave is that amusement park you walk into. You go on the biggest ride. You have two minutes of absolute fun, highs and lows, and then rest after that.

[Sherman Young]

Ah. Is it okay if it's a 30 second very.

[Will Compton]

Okay if it's a 30 second. Cool, cool, cool.

[Sherman Young]

Just I. I have a buddy that has season pass. Yeah, he's.

[Will Compton]

He was wife. He's involved, if you were wondering.

[Sherman Young]

Okay.

[Will Compton]

You get on that ride, you take it for a spin.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And you get yourself some rest.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. And what's. Put a bow on it. What's that?

[Will Compton]

The biggest ride is shut down. The biggest ride is shut down.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. Free maintenance. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

And you go over to the little shop where wifey works at and you say, hi, I got a coupon. Can you put a bow on it? I know, I know, I know. The big one shut down for a few days.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Compton]

Put a bow on it.

[Sherman Young]

Did you put a bow on it? And that's fine. So Skyler gets both of those.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah. Happy birthday, Skyler, and thanks for writing Gracie.

[Sherman Young]

Yes, thank you, Gracie. God, poor Gracie. Devin Arson on Spotify said apr. And just a reminder, we had our superpowers that we went over in our Reddit discussion after pod report. One of them was the magic hum. That was the one that you wanted as a superpower. This was Devin's APR from his wife. Anytime in the future when you need to say the phrase magic hum, be sure to emphasize the H and hum.

[Charles]

Magic gum up until we put the graphic on screen. A lot of people wrote in that they assumed that superpower had magic. Magic shock wave excrement.

[Sherman Young]

Little magic.

[Will Compton]

Little magic come.

[Sherman Young]

Which is the one that you put

[Will Compton]

a bow on it. That's what the. Put a bow. That's the little ride that you can hit. The.

[Sherman Young]

The magic hum.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sherman Young]

That sounds about right. That sounds about right. For any it's always sunny in Philadelphia fans that remind me of the boy's soul from the musical.

[Will Compton]

Oh, oh.

[Sherman Young]

We have a ollipop that just came in. Fresh new.

[Chef]

Has anyone tried this flavor? We were thinking maybe.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

No.

[Will Compton]

Tropical punch.

[Charles]

We just haven't tried it on the show yet.

[Sherman Young]

And we have. I haven't tried tropical punch. Twist my arm.

[Will Compton]

Reminds me of a. Of an old, old nostalgic drink.

[Sherman Young]

An old familiar feeling.

[Will Compton]

An old familiar feeling feeling. Makes you feel like you're riding on a surfboard in the waves. Just red flavor all around you.

[Sherman Young]

I'm almost like that excitement is in

[Will Compton]

my mouth with this drink.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. End of the year pool party.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Like you're a little kid and you're.

[Will Compton]

You're ripping around the foundation of jungle juice.

[Sherman Young]

Joking. It's just a joke.

[Will Compton]

That is Is that's great.

[Sherman Young]

It is very good. Boys.

[Charles]

That's a Fiji kick.

[Chef]

That might be my number one.

[Will Compton]

Oh we got number one.

[Chef]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

The st Sixers out there. Number one tropical punch. I got month of military children. Are we excited? Should we dive into the M C? Yeah. The military families. Thank you guys for your service. Hi PT Sickos. This is Celeste Gonzalez. I've recently become a milk team sixer over here thanks to my husband husband. My name is Celeste and my husband Jacob Gonzalez and I love listening to Yalls podcast together. It's become one of our favorite hobbies. I've literally stocked him up on all of your merch all in caps lock dude. Shout out celeste. Thank you bwtv.com just wanting to give him a shout out on your pod for being the best dad of our two baby girls, Olivia and Chloe. We also have the girl curse. I died when Will was chanting about break. The girl curse literally lives rent free in my head. Haha. He's such a good husband. Selfless, patient, loving and so much more. We just got stationed in Germany. He's a canine handler in the army. We are definitely excited to travel, but also nervous since this is our first. This is our first PCs as a family.

[Charles]

I'll look into it.

[Will Compton]

PCs. Yeah, look that up. This is our first PCs as a family. I want to say thank you for spreading positivity and being a dad in parenthood because it is truly a blessing to raise kids with someone you love. Your podcast gives us so many laughs and positivity in the west way you all parent, especially being girl dads too. Thank you Celeste Gonzalez.

[Charles]

PCs stands for permanent change of station. It's an official non optional relocation for military personnel typically lasting two or four years. Moving service members to new duty stations. So that is a permanent change of station. They were restation in there for two

[Sherman Young]

to four years and that could be from California to Florida. I mean you could go clear across you and overseas and yeah, they just

[Will Compton]

got stationed in Germany, bro.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah dude.

[Will Compton]

What a change that was would be. That's the one where it's just like you're obviously tied to that career and it's like yes. You can't do anything but embrace it. Right. If you want to keep. When she talks about the positive attitude and parenting and being a partner and all the things like you have a sudden change like that, that can't be easy whatsoever. Yep. And we're gonna go live in Germany for two to four years.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Around a military base.

[Sherman Young]

Oh you love your school and you Love your friends at your school. Hey, guess what? But get ready to spre in the Deutsch. We're going to Germany. Which OPA would love that.

[Will Compton]

OPA would love that.

[Sherman Young]

OPA would love that.

[Will Compton]

The. What is it in Munich? The hofbra house in Munich.

[Sherman Young]

Oh really? You've traveled to Germany?

[Will Compton]

I didn't. I went to Germany when I got my sports hernia surgery.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, that's right.

[Will Compton]

Went over there, got a sport hernia surgery, was there for a couple days but we had the hopper house. Walked all like the cathedrals, all, all the steps like immerse ourselves in Munich, Germany.

[Sherman Young]

That's sick.

[Will Compton]

It's low key fun. I'm sure they're obviously gonna have great memories and they're gonna have a lot of fun doing it. I'm just saying like a sudden change like that and thinking about it all this little gray space of anxiety and fears and nerves that you live in until you start to get acquainted with the new scenery.

[Sherman Young]

Yes. With, with this being the month of military military children, I want to make sure to highlight tanks Taylor. But for time purposes will is traveling later today. I'm just going to quickly summarize what Taylor wrote to us. He served for 23, 23 years in the Navy. Shout out Taylor. So this is a not only a PT sicko but a PT sicko with a lot of game. And something that he wrote in his email that I loved is he said if for dads they're in the military, something that they need to hear. If you're in like your child's life, be in it. And if you are home, be home. Not just physically but mentally and emotionally too. I know that there's probably a lot of stuff that's on these guys and gals brains when they are off, you know, not off duty but in the reserves or back home or whatever. And I love that Taylor gave that note for some games. We also asked people to list their favorite barbecue sauce. At the end of last episode Taylor was kind enough to say P S head country barbecue sauce.

[Will Compton]

Nice.

[Sherman Young]

Love always from Taylor Himes. That was on Facebook. Thank you for writing in Taylor.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, Taylor, thank you for your service. All those words and you can like obviously we don't know we're not in the military. So when he's speaking to the military on hey, if you're home, be home. If you're present, be present. Yeah but I feel like you do get a, an iteration or example of in some of these movies that you get to watch like American Sniper. Oh my God, Bradley Cooper's home and all he can think about is he's got to be back. He's got to be back over there with his boys or like, you know, when the. The husband comes home and they're just like so wrapped up in everything else except being home.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Okay. Your daughter, she just wants you. Your. Your son, he just wants you to be here. Never present. You know, all those little.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, I'm sure that there's probably a bit of that. I know that rude didn't overlap too much with NFL, but I'm sure that there's probably a lot of that too, with all the NFL guys that you have on the pod. Just hearing what it's like being in a professional sport and feeling so deprived from your kids. Those guys are still seeing their kids at least once a week, twice a week. Imagine these guys that aren't seeing their kids for months, years.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, man. Dude. Dude, I can never. I could. I feel like I could never do it.

[Sherman Young]

And, and doing. Serving something that's so much bigger than themselves. The amount of military affiliated listeners that we have on this podcast. Dude, it's really cool. What a awesome community to be

[Jill]

not

[Sherman Young]

a part of, but like to feel like we have gotten to know them more and more, have gotten closer with them and that they love this moment. Pod. That's pretty cool.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. And that's great advice for anybody who's in any career that they love. Obviously, the jobs are vastly different.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

But the concept of being present, being at home, being when you're with your kids, be with your kids like that. That. That's great advice for literally everybody. Because we all have jobs we love. We all have jobs we sacrifice a light for. We. We sacrifice a lot for where at times you're at home. Like, I'm guilty of this as well. To where you're thinking about work or you're thinking about the next thing, you're so wrapped up in it, or you're on your phone to where you' present or you're not there, where wifey might say something to you or you just catch yourself or you just kind of know recapping your day or your weekend about where your. Your mind has just been off, you know, trying to solve a different problem versus just being at home, being intentional at home.

[Sherman Young]

To. To that point. I have a data in my hand that I want to get to. I do have a loss that I feel like I need to get off my chest. I hinted at you very briefly yesterday day, but mind was somewhere else. And I Had maybe the worst attitude possible dropping Jill and Scarlet off at the airport on Saturday morning.

[Will Compton]

Oh, really?

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, it was bad. It was bad.

[Will Compton]

Really?

[Sherman Young]

Yes. Dude, I was being such a loser about it. As far as Jill had three roller bags. I'm dropping her off at like 5 o' clock in the morning. I'm making it in my head. I'm not talking out loud. I'm like, can't believe I'm having to do this, blah, blah, blah. I'm gonna drop them off, not even thinking, hey, she has three roller bags and an infant. She might need you to park and like go in with her, not just drop her off. And so I'm like, oh, okay, I'll drop you off here. She's like, you're not gonna park and go in with. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll go, I'll go in. Then the morning hit me on the way into the airport and I'm walking like a duck.

[Will Compton]

You're working on your three Ps.

[Sherman Young]

I'm working on my three. I'm walking like a duck. I'm not even walking with Jill and Scarlett. I'm speed walking because I'm like, honey,

[Will Compton]

I gotta get to the bathroom.

[Sherman Young]

And I'm getting her all flustered. I get did. There's these huge lines for the bag drop off. I leave her bag in the wrong line for the wrong airline. I. And she's like, you know, 100 yards away. Catching up to me in the Nashville airport. Honey, you need your bag. I gotta go. I got. I went to the bathroom. Dropped. Oh, she's FaceTiming me right now. Do I answer it?

[Will Compton]

Do you?

[Sherman Young]

I don't know.

[Will Compton]

You can answer.

[Sherman Young]

Hi, honey. You're on for the dads right now.

[Will Compton]

Hey, Jill.

[Sherman Young]

Hi, honey.

[Jill]

Recording?

[Sherman Young]

Yes, we're recording Tuesday.

[Jill]

I'm so sorry.

[Will Compton]

Hey, Jill, it's okay. We're talking about how much. We're talking about how much of a loser Sher is when he dropped you off at the airport at five in the morning.

[Jill]

Yeah, it was bad.

[Will Compton]

She said, yeah, it was bad.

[Sherman Young]

Tell kid. Jill, Jill, do you mind picking up from the story of me dropping your bag off in the wrong line and running off to the bathroom room? Would you want to take it from there?

[Jill]

Well, yeah, I basically did everything by myself and. Which is fine. I can do it. I'm capable. But we got in the line and I'm like, I really just want to spend time with my husband. And he, like, gets in the line and he puts Scarlet on top of the suitcase, which is like Cute. And we're like, oh, this is so fun. And then he walks away. And I was like, oh, Sherman, like, make sure you're watching. Watching her. Like, put your hand on her back or something. And he was like, don't talk to me. Like, I'm five. I was like, oh, my God. And the women behind me were like. They gasped. They were like, oh, my gosh. I didn't even know what to do. I was, like, disturbing. Like, doesn't do that. He didn't talk like that to me. So I was like, oh, my gosh. Like, I was so embarrassed. I was just. We did not do hugs back, right? We just said, see you later. You can think about what she did.

[Sherman Young]

I tried to hug her, and she said, not after that display.

[Jill]

Not that dislike. You don't talk. You don't talk to your girls like that.

[Will Compton]

I can't believe you made everybody around you gasp. Yeah, that's.

[Jill]

Wait, what do you say?

[Will Compton]

I said, I can't believe he made everybody around gasp.

[Jill]

Yeah. No, literally, the two women behind me, they were older women, and we were, like, talking to them about Scarlet. And when he said that, they were like. And they, like, looked at each other. It was bad. It was bad. It was not a good character moment.

[Will Compton]

God damn.

[Sherman Young]

It was a bad Davos.

[Charles]

Dude, why'd you have so many bags?

[Jill]

It was bad.

[Sherman Young]

And the note, honey, that I wrote down.

[Will Compton]

Hey, Jill. Jill, why did you have so many bags? Sherm said you had six roller bags.

[Jill]

Six? Cut it in half. It was three.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, sure, sure, Jill.

[Will Compton]

You know how Sherm likes to exaggerate.

[Jill]

But three. Three's a little. Three's a little tragic, too. But I have now I have a suitcase for her, suitcase for me, and then I bring a roller bag, because I know last time y' all talked about that. So we do rollerback now, and I have all of her toys and stuff because it's just me solo. So I need a lot of.

[Sherman Young]

And that's a great idea. Idea. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You go prepared.

[Sherman Young]

That's a great idea.

[Jill]

We're prepared.

[Sherman Young]

Yes. Yes, ma'. Am. Jill, the note that I have from. We have the after pod report that we called the apr. And the note that I had from you, which was on my screen, was, to be a gentleman, I need to treat. I need to be a gentleman, I need to treat you as such.

[Jill]

I like that. I think that's a good goal. I think that's a good goal.

[Will Compton]

Jill, sweetheart, how's he doing with his three p's?

[Jill]

Not good. No.

[Will Compton]

What you're not doing good.

[Sherman Young]

Honey, are you being for real?

[Jill]

Like, I didn't know that you told him about the three.

[Sherman Young]

Honey, I have been doing better at that. She don't listen to the plot.

[Chef]

I can hear it.

[Will Compton]

Well, okay.

[Jill]

I'm not. I love you, but no, it's not.

[Sherman Young]

You have no idea what you just did to me. Slash, Like, I've been. I've been, like, putting a conscious effort.

[Will Compton]

Fruit.

[Charles]

What you did to yourself, Sherm.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah. Hey, no, you know. Hey, you know what?

[Will Compton]

You know what? You might have been disgusting. Now you're just less disgusting. But you're disgusting. Oh, yeah. Maybe you're gross.

[Sherman Young]

Now I'm just gross. And, honey, actually, I think you're right. And there's plenty of room for improvement. And I need to continue to get better.

[Will Compton]

Nice.

[Jill]

I agree. I agree. First, we can talk about the attitude. Then we'll go to the three piece, yeah?

[Sherman Young]

Yes, ma'.

[Will Compton]

Am.

[Jill]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Beautiful.

[Jill]

Have so much fun. See? We're gonna drink our papa.

[Charles]

Look into it.

[Sherman Young]

I'll look into it. I love you, honey. I love you.

[Jill]

Hi.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, dude, look at that.

[Jill]

Can we just miss our dad?

[Sherman Young]

I know. I'll FaceTime you after. Honey, I love you so much.

[Jill]

Okay, bye. Love you.

[Sherman Young]

Bye.

[Will Compton]

What a piece of. You are. Disrespectful. Not a gentleman. Disgusting.

[Sherman Young]

Well, gross now.

[Will Compton]

Scaring. Scaring. Everybody in the airport.

[Sherman Young]

Scared. The old. The old women, they gasped.

[Will Compton]

I'm surprised they didn't leave.

[Sherman Young]

They wanted to. I saw it in their eyes. Like, I really affected their whole week.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

The way I spoke to my wife.

[Will Compton]

Life.

[Sherman Young]

I love the way that she told the story. I wish I had footage of it. That I walked away from the suitcase. Which I did. I did.

[Will Compton]

I believe he listened.

[Sherman Young]

I walked away. I just let her just sit on that suitcase. And I said, good luck. Don't fall. What was I thinking?

[Will Compton]

Virg, your side. We've heard her side. There's obviously the truth out there that we'll never get to.

[Chef]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

But when you get home, you'll talk about the attitude first. And then the three piece.

[Sherman Young]

And then the three piece. Ps. That really broke my heart. The three Ps broke my heart, dude.

[Will Compton]

I could kind of feel it, because I wasn't expecting. I was just kind of just being funny. Like, how's he doing with the three Ps?

[Sherman Young]

And I was elated that you asked.

[Will Compton]

And she was like, oh, I can't believe you guys. He actually talked about three P's on the pod.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And then she's like, not good.

[Sherman Young]

It just sad. It kind of saddens me.

[Will Compton]

But what are you doing on this toilet, man?

[Sherman Young]

That's what I'm saying, dude. Dude, that's what I'm saying. Cuz now like, the conscious effort is there and like, it truly is. Oh, wipe. I'm wiping the boy seat, dude. Like when I have the seat up, I'm like, boy seat is clean, girl seat down.

[Will Compton]

Is there like an air freshener or something that you can just add, add an element?

[Sherman Young]

I gotta up the game. Yeah, I. I gotta get one of those little doily, like toilet seat things. That's what I need to do.

[Will Compton]

Is she in the doghouse with you right now?

[Sherman Young]

No, I was certainly in the doghouse on Sunday.

[Will Compton]

She's in the doghouse with you?

[Sherman Young]

Oh, is she in the doghouse with me? Yeah. Can I do that? Is that allowed?

[Will Compton]

You're right. I don't. I don't know.

[Sherman Young]

Have you ever put Jaro in your doghouse?

[Will Compton]

Not really. I don't think so. Like, maybe if I've made an attempt, but it doesn't last long. Yeah, because they have the power over you no matter what. Oh, what are you gonna do?

[Sherman Young]

Sue me?

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Yeah. You gonna sue me?

[Sherman Young]

Go ahead and try that. See how that works, honey? Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Oh, you're not gonna have sex with me? Let's see how long that lasts.

[Sherman Young]

Instantly.

[Will Compton]

I think you forgot who the gatekeeper was in the bedroom.

[Sherman Young]

I gotta have sex with me. I'm gonna go shower. Just leave the bathroom door wide under open and throw on Skrilla. She did mess up the story though. I. I scream. I screamed it.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, I believe you.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, I screamed it.

[Will Compton]

Said, don't talk to me like I'm

[Sherman Young]

five and the entire airport froze. It was bad. It was bad. But yeah, that was my dad loss. That couldn't have worked out better with their calling.

[Will Compton]

No, it couldn't have you buying the screen and going.

[Sherman Young]

The women gasping.

[Will Compton]

Oh, you're calling her a liar?

[Sherman Young]

No.

[Will Compton]

Oh, okay. No, I didn't know where you were going with that.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, I don't either.

[Will Compton]

The women gasp.

[Sherman Young]

I must have blacked out. Yeah, I don't, I don't remember.

[Will Compton]

Okay. I just.

[Sherman Young]

Were we doing. Is it call INS now? What?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we get back to some. Yeah, we get to the call.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, let's get to the Collins, 601 the Dads. And if you want to write in, we'll read some emails immediately after. That's 601 the dads. Gmail.com will it's kind of an excited. It's not kind of. It's an exciting week. We have three call ins and we also have a special edition email. Write in. Okay, we'll start with our first voicemail.

[Will Compton]

Get the Collins.

[Sherman Young]

Let's get to the call. PT Sickos. St Sickos. MT Sickos. We interrupt this episode for Wayfair. It is Way day at Wayfair from April 25 through April 27, and you can score the best deals in home. We talked about it on the pod. Jilly Bean and I are moving May 15. We got circled on the counter. And buddy, if you don't think that we're not going to Wayfair, you're crazy. Especially with Wayday coming up right before the move, we can stock up on some good stuff because we already know what our space looks like. They have a bunch of different looks, a bunch of different feels. They got some outdoor furniture as well.

[Will Compton]

I know.

[Sherman Young]

Spring and summer are upon us. We're going to be doing a lot of grilling and chilling in. They got your grilled goods. They got your chairs, your patio seating. They got the outdoor curtains. Honestly, you name it, Wayfair's probably got it. Wayday is the sale to shop the best deals in home. We're talking up to 80% off, chef. Imagine getting a piece of furniture for up to 80% off.

[Chef]

80% off.

[Sherman Young]

I'm telling you, dude. Our sponsors, we love them for their products, but they're supplying some crazy deals as well with fast and free shipping on everything. Head to Wayfair.com April 25th through the 27th to shop Wayday. That's W A Y F A I R.com Wayfair Every style, every home. We are also very, very proud, very happy to be here yet again to tell the folks at home about Olipop. I'll try to keep this short, but I have a personal segue. This is a true story. And I know people are probably sitting at home. I'm going to try not to cuss because it's an ad read and they're saying, sherman, you're full of it. This is not a true story. You're making this up so that it sounds great. During the ad read, I was on a phone call with one of my good buddies from back at school. We're catching up. And he goes, P.S. dude, I got an Olipop right in front of me. I'm crazy about Olipop. Y' all are so lucky you're sponsored by them. What are your favorite flavors? And we just like Went down the row. He's not a classic grape guy, Will. Which kind of broke my heart. He is a classic grape, but he's. He's more of a classic root beer guy. And he said, you can have all my classic grapes. Grapes.

[Will Compton]

What about Chris Bapple?

[Sherman Young]

He likes crisp apple. Okay, so. But I was like, you would be a great. His name's Graham. I was like, graham, you'd be a great Hank.

[Will Compton]

Hello, Graham.

[Sherman Young]

We would just have your. Your classic grapes.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

And you stick to the classic root beers, buddy. I digress. Ollipop has a. Get a free can of Olipop. Buy any two cans of Olipop in store and they will pay you back for one. Works on any flavor at any retail retailer that is drinkolypop.com forward/bwtb. Olipop is sold online at drinkollipop.com and Amazon is available in the soda aisle. Chilled beverages at thousands of retailers nationwide, including Walmart and Target. Chef, I got the one and only Shirley Temple right here. Let's go ahead. Let's get a little pop fizz going. Oh, okay. Sippy poo. It still hits. We take a sip every single time, and it still hits every time. Go get that Olipop. Go get a little Shirley Temple.

[Will Compton]

To quote Anchorman, oh, it works 60% of the time. Every time.

[Sherman Young]

Every time. Olipop. Great for when the raccoon gets in the copier. Get back to this episode.

[Will Compton]

Boys, new pt6 are here. Yeah, my name is Nick calling from beautiful Stillwater, Minnesota. I. I'm a dad that's been in the trenches, but it looks like I'm getting out pretty soon. Just wanted to call and share that my son, Pax, AKA the champ, Pax, AKA Bam Bam, had a clean cancer scan yesterday. Oh. Marking two and a half years in remission.

[Sherman Young]

Yo.

[Will Compton]

He's four years old. He has a twin sister, Parker, who's also 4, and my oldest is 7. So new PT Sixer. New to the podcast again. Nick from beautiful Stillwater, Minnesota. Just wanted to give a word of encouragement to all the dads that are in the trenches. It doesn't last forever. Boys. Let's go, let's go,

[Sherman Young]

Let's go. Beautiful still water soda.

[Will Compton]

And he's new and he's. He's. He's just part of it.

[Sherman Young]

He's part of it.

[Will Compton]

He's like, I'm new to BT6. I hear him that they got a call in hotline. Let me hit the hotline.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, I got. I got twins. Good. I got a seven Year old. Good.

[Will Compton]

We say pax, AKA champ, AKA bam. Bam. AKA a Gap.

[Sherman Young]

Good. Oh, kick cancer's ass.

[Will Compton]

Good. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

He's a sicko. He's a sicko.

[Will Compton]

Love that. Call in.

[Sherman Young]

That was a great call.

[Will Compton]

Thank you, Nick.

[Sherman Young]

That was a great call in. Truck nap is our second call.

[Will Compton]

Okay, truck nap, let's listen in.

[Sherman Young]

What's up, boys?

[Will Compton]

This is Sean in California.

[Jill]

You.

[Will Compton]

Hello.

[Sherman Young]

Currently in the truck in the parking

[Will Compton]

structure across from the L. D for a little nap before we go to war.

[Sherman Young]

That's labor and delivery.

[Will Compton]

Dad snores a little bit, so wifey's

[Sherman Young]

asleep in the room. I'll take the front seat of the truck.

[Will Compton]

A little nap time. But shout out to the boys. Thanks for everything you guys are doing. Can't wait to join the PT Sicko family.

[Sherman Young]

Here we go. Love you guys. Bye.

[Will Compton]

Hell, yeah. Love you too, brother.

[Sherman Young]

I love you too, Sean. Again, it's all in the voice.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

If we call Sean a month from now, it's going to be a completely different human.

[Will Compton]

A month.

[Sherman Young]

We call Sean five months from now. Hey, guys, it's Sean.

[Will Compton]

Baby. Sleeping through the night.

[Sherman Young]

Remember me taking naps? Apps in. In my truck? It just.

[Will Compton]

Hey, it's Sean. Hey, boys. I love your guys's pod, man. A wife going through a little L. D. She's in the room right now, so she's sleeping. I snore. So I'm just gonna be at the

[Sherman Young]

front seat of the truck.

[Will Compton]

I'm gonna take a nap.

[Sherman Young]

I'm gonna exist as a human being as much as possible out of the way of my wife.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. I love you guys, man. I'm excited to be a dad.

[Sherman Young]

Can't wait for this little thing to enter the world.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Everything you guys talk about and do, I mess with.

[Sherman Young]

It gets me really stoked to take on the day. You guys have no idea.

[Will Compton]

My wife's in pain right now in the delivery room. Thank God she's sleeping for a little bit Bit. She needs it. But I'm gonna leave and I'm gonna go get my truck and I'm gonna sneak me a nap as well.

[Sherman Young]

You could truly go. Hey, Sean, you just won the lottery. The mega million. You just won it. Oh, really, man, I cannot believe that.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, Sean, we're busting balls. We love the call. We're busting. We've been there, Sean.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, next time.

[Will Compton]

I've been there. Asleep on the couch after eating a burger. Belly's full now. You mind if I snooze a little bit? Woke up to screaming the Epidural didn't work.

[Sherman Young]

Grilled onion still on your face. Sorry, y' all woke me up.

[Will Compton]

You're being a little loud. I guess I'm not gonna sleep this whole time I'm in here.

[Sherman Young]

I guess we'll do this now, right? This one is titled G Damn it. Okay, this is our third call in. All right.

[Will Compton]

De Chef Papa Sher. Willy boy.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

Derek here from Knoxville. I'm a little bit behind, but I. On the topic of our kids repeating our bad words words a couple years ago when my oldest three point of order for the story. He has autism.

[Sherman Young]

Shout out.

[Will Compton]

Autism. Miller. No free shout out.

[Sherman Young]

Shout out.

[Will Compton]

The boy. But. So he was non verbal or pretty limited with his. With his language skills. And one of his favorite phrases became G damn it. Now, unlike, like Will, I did not use Gosh, I used the. The full word. And there was one incident where he said, dad, can I have a cookie? And I said, no, not right now. You gotta eat lunch or whatever it was. And he responded just simply with G damn it. I whipped my head around. I was shocked. But also kind of proud because he didn't have many language skills at the time. Time he used it correctly. But also, you know, we got n that in the bud. Thankfully, he doesn't repeat it anymore, but it was. It was an interesting time to say the least. All right, Pop six out. Take out the trash.

[Sherman Young]

Sicko alert.

[Will Compton]

Oh, hey, nice. But also, don't. Don't. We can't say that. De. Can I get a cookie? Oh, no, not right now. You got to eat your lunch. God damn. Hey, sweetheart, don't. Just don't say that again. Don't say that again. Don't tell your mother. Never mind.

[Sherman Young]

That really is. I'm sure you did you feel the same with R?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah, of course. First started like, you know, dropping a couple of the words like I was in the front seat. I was laughing, but I understand. Like, you gotta. But yeah, I was proud.

[Sherman Young]

This one of my favorite gifs on the Internet is Tom DeLong in the Blink Way 2 music video where he's just like, what the. If my kid to like something crazy that happened in the real world and they just hit a. What the. Pardon me.

[Will Compton]

They're just. Dude, they're so little. They're so innocent and all the things that they do. So funny.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You know, I mean, like rocking the sunglasses.

[Sherman Young]

Like, yes.

[Will Compton]

They don't know they look adorable, but they like them. And you're just like, oh, you're just so innocent and cute and adorable. And yes, you don't know how cool you are right now.

[Sherman Young]

That's the best kind of cool. It's the best kind of hot.

[Will Compton]

Like if the best just Rue is just like oh, and then just put on her sunglasses.

[Sherman Young]

You're saying she said oh out loud then. But. Hey r. The. The garage. The garage Jib just got put in. What do you think? Think. Oh,

[Will Compton]

that would be awesome, honey.

[Sherman Young]

Love the energy.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Love the delivery. We got to work on the verbage.

[Will Compton]

We got to.

[Sherman Young]

Oh my God. Okay. Speaking of kids doing some crazy, I have an email really quickly for you.

[Will Compton]

Okay.

[Sherman Young]

This might be one of our best submissions that we have gotten as far as video.

[Will Compton]

Video.

[Sherman Young]

Would you agree with that, Deke?

[Charles]

Yes.

[Sherman Young]

This was enough to where Deke pulled me aside and showed me this like four times. I digress.

[Will Compton]

Here we go.

[Sherman Young]

This comes from Peter Matthews. Peter says what's up gentlemen? Been list. Been listening to the pod for the last few months and love everything you are doing for the community. I'm a dad to a wild 3 year old daughter Crew and a newborn son, Graham. Very deep in the trenches. Got an Easter dad loss from the past weekend. Picture this Easter afternoon I'm in the kitchen cooking a nice family dinner. Feeling like I've got life under control for once. Suddenly, footsteps, chaos, screaming. Crew and her partner in crime, Brody, also three, come sprinting upstairs yelling. The basement is smoky now, as any seasoned dad would do, I stay calm and controlled as I walk downstairs to assess the situation. I'm assuming nothing is actually on fire, but of course prepared for the worst. Fire disaster insurance claim the whole thing. Instead I walk into what looks like a low budget fog machine convention. The entire basement is filled with a thick white haze. Can barely see two feet in front of of me. After about 10 seconds of confusion and inhaling whatever mystery powder now lives in my lungs, I find the culprit. These two hooligans had located the fire extinguisher, pulled the pin and absolutely emptied the cliff. We immediately spring into action. Running around opening windows, trying to vent the house while this cloud of extinguisher does starts creeping upstairs towards the newborns. At this point it turns into a full blown family emergency response team. Brother in law, fellow PT Sicko deployed. Brody's mom vigorously wiping down surfaces. My wife Captain Mt Sicko commanding the operation like a general shop. Vacs, industrial fans, Dyson's mops. Everything we own is suddenly in play. A day later. Now there is still a fine layer of mystery dust coating my entire house and probably my lungs. But crisis averted. And the best part? We checked the playroom camera, expecting some sort of curious accident to have happened. No, sir. Crew showed zero hesitation. No fear, no regret. Just walks up, pulls the pen, and commits like she's been training for this moment her entire life. Honestly, can't even be mad. This one's on me. I left a fire extinguisher within reach of 2 unsupervised 3 year olds and learned a valuable lesson. If it has a pin, a button, or looks even remotely interesting to a toddler, they will use it every time. Anyway, no fires, no injuries. Just a house that now smells like a chemical plant and a story I'll be telling forever. Dad, life. You can't make this up. Peter Matthews.

[Will Compton]

Dude, Peter, great storytelling right there. There.

[Sherman Young]

We have the video.

[Will Compton]

Oh, we have the video.

[Sherman Young]

We have the video. I do want to preface. In the background, you will hear a song. It is. Come on, ride the train and ride it on full blast. These kids knew what they were doing. It's. The arms out, weapons run is my favorite part. Mommy.

[Will Compton]

Just a little bit of panic. Like, oh, bro, they were blasting.

[Sherman Young]

Blasting music. Crew's like, oh, let's get this party started. Have y' all ever seen a goofy movie?

[Will Compton]

You know, original one. So what's his name? Peter.

[Sherman Young]

Yes, Peter Matthews.

[Will Compton]

He just walks down. God damn it.

[Sherman Young]

Have y' all seen a goofy movie? The original one?

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Long time ago.

[Sherman Young]

Paulie Shore plays the guy with the red buzz cut.

[Chef]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

And when Max is performing at the school thing, he gets a fire extinguisher and he goes, how about a little smokage? And he, like, starts spraying it out. That was creep.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, that was creepy. Crew.

[Sherman Young]

Crew was dialed in.

[Will Compton]

That's funny. That's a good story, Peter. Thank you for writing in and thank you for sending the video.

[Sherman Young]

Video's crazy. And he gave us full permission to post it.

[Will Compton]

Have to.

[Sherman Young]

Which.

[Will Compton]

That's iconic. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

God, I'm. I can't wait for that clip to hit the Internet.

[Charles]

Send us more videos.

[Sherman Young]

Send us more videos.

[Will Compton]

Send us more vids. What else we got here? Oh, I have a dad hack for R's birthday. This comes from my wife and basically, like, to. To surprise Rue, we went up, and as Rue was sleeping, I took out Charles, like, go up and get 20 stuffed animals. So I go up and get 20 stuffed animals. Charles already got the balloons there. We sit down, and we start tying the balloons around her, all of her, like, favorite stuffed animals so they could be there to greet Roo when she came downstairs. Or out of her bedroom. Bedroom. So the hack is just like finding like little ways to surprise them, to show them. Like, hey, everybody's involved for your birthday to make the day feel special. To start off the day with it feeling special. It's like she goes and she only has Tyggy with her. I don't think I brought Tyggy downstairs. I got all the ones. There's like eight that sleep by her, you know, there's like 10 down at her feet. There's some in the closet. Got a bunch of her favorite animals. Brought them down. So when she comes down, she's got got them. She's got all the animals sitting there with the, the balloon tied to them. Hanging up the little four year old one so she could be fired up right when she comes down for her birthday.

[Sherman Young]

And dude, hit him with that dad hack of you on the dad cam is dangerous, dude. Bro, were you rolling with that?

[Will Compton]

Yeah, yeah, that Camp Snap 8. I got it for, for Christmas and dude, it is awesome. It's like just that vintage camera gives that vintage feel. And all it is is a point and shape shoot. You get it in there. The, the filters and buttons on knobs are on. Easy on and off. Then you got probably four. What is it? Ratio picture.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, that's right. Ratio.

[Will Compton]

Four ratio options and then like five filter options if you want to, you know, you want it to look a little bit more vintage. Give it some gold. Whatever the color is. It's only got about 5 on those. And then you just point and shoot, bro. You just pull the trigger and it goes. And then when you get done done, you stick the little USBC from the camera to the phone and it drops it on there right away. It's amazing. And just ripping around with it just you know, you got like the, the parent voice in the background. Like my voice in the background. I'm trying to get the shot. Let me get the shot. Just having all those little moments of ripping around for a birthday in the morning. Like we got her a couple squirt guns for the pool. Yep. And then we got Twister for her so we could all play Twister together. And she's. So she's good at it. And then. Yeah, dude, full day. Just full day of just having a lot of fun. We got her out of school. She only did a half day at school. We pulled her out after they did like a brunch where you could go. Parents can go and like sit with their kids during lunchtime.

[Sherman Young]

Great.

[Will Compton]

Maybe with them. So we're sitting out at her school, having some lunch. And then we take her home with us. We hit the pool. Like, all afternoon. We're playing. We're doing all the games. Twister Charl made her a little rest Crispy to treat cake or Rice Krispies. Put some. Put a candle in it.

[Sherman Young]

That's a. That's a creative cake.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah, those are kind of slept on.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, very slept on, dude. Rice Krispie Treats.

[Sherman Young]

Bang bang, bro. Especially for that age, too, because, like, the. It leaves very little mess. Whereas icing and crumbs. I mean, that's getting everywhere. Yeah, those Rice Krispies, they stay a bit more contained. That's a hack.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, but that was just a little. That hack. You're thinking of little creative ways to spice up a birthday that costs absolutely nothing. But you're just wanting to just pour into the intention of her birthday, make it feel special. Charles. Like, right when I got home from Texas Tech, she's making. Whipping up the Rice Krispie treats. She's like, hey, can you go upstairs? I got all the balloons. They're over there. Go upstairs. Can you grab 20 stuffed animals? And I'm exhausted. I'm like, go up, get all the. In these little party hats, like, little party hats to put on each stuffed animal animal. Scatter them out before she comes down the next morning. Comes out on the next morning. And we're hitting the ground running with the birthday.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, that video, too. We can run it on the episode. Not to give Chef another thing to play, but just that video of her turning the corner with Scotty. Yeah, and your dad cam, like, that was. Dude, that's peak, the birthday girl.

[Will Compton]

She's four years old today. Hey. Hi, Scotty Key wave. Can you say happy birthday? Did you tell her happy birthday, Scotty Key wave wave. And she just kind of like, looks at me.

[Sherman Young]

I'm a Scotty Stan, bro.

[Will Compton]

Scotty Stan, she is a legend, bro. She just. She just. She just wants to play and have fun.

[Sherman Young]

I say her name out loud each time I'm watching one of your video when I'm at. At home and I see that video when you. When you have both of them coming out, but then you have like an ISO shot of her, like, being d gaff and kind of waddling around. I just go, scotty,

[Will Compton]

dude, I took this also. I'll dad out for a second show you this photo I took over while you dad out.

[Charles]

Well, I do have a question for you. That's your dad win is the dad lost this bunny rabbit picture you just drew.

[Sherman Young]

Little tough buddy.

[Will Compton]

I Haven't even seen it on Sunday morning. We did. We went to Stay Gold. Here's the photo of Scotty just in her little hat, you know, Let me turn up the brightest for you guys. Just in her little hat, sitting on the couch, Deke. Her fingers are laced like she's watching the stock market, like she's just catching up what's going on. Yeah, then turn it to that Money channel. I gotta see how my portfolio is doing.

[Sherman Young]

Say she's watching the Masters. Dude, that's my dad on Master Sunday.

[Will Compton]

Hey, that's the caption, dude. Bro, that's hilarious. Oh, yeah. So we went to Stay golden, and you know, Rue loves to color on the. The work. Their little worksheets and stuff like that. Well, they were out, but they had some blank ones, so where we could have the crowns and just draw, like, while we were having breakfast. Breakfast. Rue loves to draw animals. And it was Easter, so I was like, hey, sweetheart, can you should draw a bunny? And she's like, oh, I'm gonna draw a giraffe. First she knocks the giraffe just out of the park. Dude. Like, look at that giraffe, yo. That's it.

[Sherman Young]

That's a good G spots. Strong giraffe, four legs. Check.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Long neck. Check. The two horns on top of the head. Check. Smiling, smiling, check.

[Will Compton]

And she was like, dad, I don't know how to draw a bunny. Can you draw me a bunny? And I'm like, dude, I used to be able to sketch, like, draw back up on. I'm talking. My self portrait in middle school was hanging in the school hallway because I was dialed. Grandpa was. Taught me how to sketch when I was a young buck. Like, I'm like, I'm picking up the crowns, you know, about to draw for the first time in a while. And I'm like, yo, I know my way around a blank sheet of paper. What?

[Sherman Young]

I didn't know this about you.

[Will Compton]

And Rue was like, daddy, can you draw me a bunny? This should be easy. Legitimately confident as ever going into drawing this bunny. This is the. That I came up with. And, dude, I swear to God, I. I was not envisioning it as it was, like, being drawn. I was like, okay, draw the head. Like, let me get the ears going. You do a nice swoop in with the ear. Like, you get tighter as the ear gets lower. Like, all right, I got. Buddy, I'm thinking I'm gonna find a way to draw the body ambro when I'm drawing this, because this. This is it. Like, next to Her Dr.

[Sherman Young]

Wrath. Yeah.

[Will Compton]

And I'm getting done and I'm just making myself laugh and she's like, what are you laughing about? I'm like, what the is this? She starts laughing and like, dude. So d. What's so funny? I'm like, oh, sweetheart, I tried to draw you a bunny, but yeah, you

[Sherman Young]

got to work that muscle.

[Will Compton]

It looks like she drew the bunny.

[Sherman Young]

Didn't she draw that? She drew. Hey, the great job on the whiskers though.

[Will Compton]

I was. Dude, I was trying. Then it's all bl in together, cuz the crayons. And I'm like, oh. Then Charo. Charo had to lap me.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, that's a bunny.

[Will Compton]

That's a bunny.

[Sherman Young]

That's a bunny.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. And she knocked it out apart, like, that's a good looking bunny.

[Sherman Young]

Will's in full dad mode. Of what? We were making fun of our dads at the dad Combine last year. Good. Oh, what we got? Where is that?

[Will Compton]

And I like. I'm like. I like chew on my tongue and my tongue comes out at times, like when I'm like focused on doing something. Playing video games, drawing whatever it is. Dude, I'm dialed trying to draw this bunny. Like I can tell that I'm like chewing on my tongue, trying to like do it the right way. But God, you can't win them all.

[Sherman Young]

Am I doing better on the three Ps? No, sir, I'm not.

[Will Compton]

Can't win them all.

[Sherman Young]

Is there. Is there room for improvement with the bunny?

[Will Compton]

Of course. Man.

[Sherman Young]

Are we missing anything? Topic, lesson, quote. Are we good to go into that? Yeah.

[Chef]

Lose cameras.

[Will Compton]

Okay, starting to lose cameras. I just came across like this. Go. Kind of goes with Rue turning four and just dads being in to where their eyes start watering. They're watching videos, they're reading stuff on the Internet. Their algorithm. Algorithm is full of dad content.

[Sherman Young]

God.

[Will Compton]

And this one comes from Kevin Dstrom on X. I bookmarked this the other day. He said, take it from me, a recent empty nester. The good old days. Don't feel like it at the time. It feels more like hard work and struggle. The days are long and the years fly by. Then one day you wake up and the house is quiet. One of of my most cherished memories is coming home from work each day and opening the creaky back door to our 1947 Craftsman home. My three year old daughter, now 21, would drop her toys down the hall, her footsteps booming on the old wooden floor to greet me. I love my life and I don't Want to go back. But I do wish I could pass one message across time to 35 year old me. You're living the good old days right now. Savor every moment. And it's just a video bro, of them riding his bike back in the day. You just read it and you. This dropped two.

[Sherman Young]

How old is she now?

[Will Compton]

This dropped two around when I dropped around when I dropped mine. Or I can't believe Ruse 4 and then I see it from him and he's older now. His daughter's 21. It's like all dads are like, we're all in the same mental mindset of like being intentional, being nostalgic, being sad, being excited. Like, dude, I love my life now, but if I could just go back to some of these bottled up moments. Like I see Scotty and it's like our second, our second iteration of having a little girl at 16 months old. And the times where I look back at RU at 16 months, one year, two years, I'm just like, God, I wish I had that. I love who she is right now, of course, but man, you want to go back to some of those moments because she was so adorable. She was so cute. And you get to kind of relieve it with Scotty, like, is this going to be my last daughter? Is this my last time going around? And you see guys like that who are older now, that wouldn't change anything, but they could go back to 35 year old me. It's like cherish every moment. It's like, you know those times are coming and I know I'm going to feel that way when I'm his age. You just. Yeah, you can't stop time. And I, I get in my feels, bro.

[Sherman Young]

Dude, I do too. I'm dead meat. I am dead me.

[Will Compton]

Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

It's gonna get to a point where I'm gonna be seeing my daughter when she's like, like a full grown woman. And I'm gonna want to cry just looking at her because I'm gonna be so proud and so goofy and try

[Will Compton]

to pick them up below again, below their knees and like all dead that you're still dead ass, baby girl. Oh, get on my shoulders. Hang on. The L5 that L4 L5 can't hold it anymore.

[Sherman Young]

I. As you were telling that story, I was imagining just me walking into stokehouse with Scarlet right there on my shoulder and like, oh, and ro4 now she's getting big.

[Will Compton]

Like I can feel like when I'm holding her, like I feel like I'm in the year to where this could be the last year where I'm holding. Holding her like all the time or quite a bit.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

I'm sure I'll still hold her at five, maybe six. Who knows? I. I don't know. I haven't gotten to that part, but part of me feel, you know, the weight she is and my time and her just wanting dead at Holder.

[Sherman Young]

Yeah.

[Will Compton]

You know what I mean? And just being like, dude, I'm gonna hold you because who knows how many times you're gonna ask me to still hold you.

[Sherman Young]

My timeline needs to chill out, dude, because it'll just be pictures of like, hey, you only have two summers with your infant, four with your toddler.

[Will Compton]

Oh.

[Sherman Young]

Three with your kid and four with your teen. That like. Little Billy Island.

[Will Compton]

Four weekends with your eight month old. Four weekends with your eight month old. She's about to be nine months. One through eight's about to be long gone.

[Sherman Young]

Yes.

[Will Compton]

Never get him back.

[Sherman Young]

Scarlet's nine months now, dude. Nine months.

[Will Compton]

Nine months. You get four weekends with your nine month old.

[Sherman Young]

Oh, great.

[Will Compton]

Well, four Fridays. Four Pizza Fridays.

[Sherman Young]

Well, my wife selfishly took her for one of them.

[Will Compton]

Good. Yeah.

[Sherman Young]

Looks like I'm only getting three weeks.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Yeah, man. Good sod good.

[Sherman Young]

So I'm too sweaty to taste this chicken.

[Will Compton]

Yeah. Dan Gable, take out the trash. We love you. We appreciate you. Papa. Team Six, you guys are the best. Milk Team Sixers, you guys are the best. Sea Team Sixers, we love you. You're not the best by any means yet yet.

[Sherman Young]

Uncles, uncles, uncles, uncles.

[Will Compton]

We love you.

[Sherman Young]

Bwtv.com bwtb.com bwtb.com what do you call your uncle? Leave that in the comments.

[Will Compton]

Yeah, take out the trash. See you next week.