The Cool Dad Rules

Life advice from a dad who knows some stuff! Each episode Bill Adams brings you the life skills, mindset, and motivation to live life on YOUR terms.

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101
The Cure For Stressed Out Holidays? Say No No N...
Bill speaks with best-selling author and host of the 'Slow Living' podcast Stephanie O'Dea about taking time to drop the stress and appreciate the holiday season.
11 min
102
'Tis The Season To Get Ripped Off! How To Avoid...
Bill speaks with author Bil Francavilla about the most prevalent holiday scams and how parents can use them to teach money lessons.
13 min
103
Thanksgiving Special: The Attitude Of Gratitude...
Bill speaks with parenting coach Anne Andrew about how to make the spirit of Thanksgiving a daily habit.
11 min
104
Financial Aid Madness: How To Avoid Paying Too ...
Bill speaks with 'College Bound Strategies' author Justin Duncombe on the biggest mistakes we make trying to pay for college.
17 min
105
The Astroworld Tragedy: How To Stay Safe In A C...
Bill talks about the safety skills we can teach kids to survive a dangerous concert situation.
13 min
106
How To Raise Entrepreneurs: The Skills Colleges...
Bill speaks with author and speaker Glen Dunzweiler about the life skills students need to create value for themselves in the workforce and in life.
20 min
107
Halloween Special: How Ghosts Can Make Us Bette...
Bill speaks with author and ghost whisperer Dr. Susan Shumsky about understanding the spirit world.
11 min
108
The Best Weapon Against A Bully
Bill speaks with empowerment coach Joanna Quinn on the effectiveness of confidence against bullying.
11 min
109
Got Fat? How To Start A Family Fitness Plan
Bill speaks with trainer and author Doug Setter about getting started on a fitness plan parents and kids can do together.
11 min
110
Instagram For Kids? How About NO!
Bill outlines the damaging information revealed in The Facebook hearings and what parents can do about it.
11 min
111
Preventing The Next Gabby Petito Case - When Sh...
Bill speaks with relationship coach and author Kelly Smith about toxic relaionship warning signs every parent should watch out for.
12 min
112
Hollywood Hypocrisy: They Go Maskless While You...
The Emmys and Met Gala featured plenty of maskless celebs - the same ones telling you to wear one.
11 min
113
A College Degree Is Useless Without These Entre...
Bill speaks with Glen Dunzweiler about the skills college kids will need to succeed.
20 min
114
9-11 Twenty Years Later; We Can't Forget But We...
Bill speaks with Brittany Richman from American Moms about how to teach the lessons of 9-11 to kids.
12 min
115
These Stupid Tik Tok Challenges: Laugh At The I...
Bill takes on the Milk Crate Challenge and how to get kids to respond to social media pressure to do stunts.
10 min
116
The Family Phone Addiction Problem...The Answer...
Bill talks about phone addiction with Dr. Catherine Athans and shares the answer to getting kids to reduce screen time.
11 min
117
Creating The Perfect Home School
Bill speaks with Dr. Lee Jenkins about the tools every home school parent needs.
15 min
118
Kids Loses A Friend Because His Parents Weren't...
Bill reads a listener message from a dad who's son was ostracised over the vax issue.
11 min
119
Feel Good Friday: Kid Helps Vets And Internatio...
7 Year old girl raises money for vets, a dad starts a business with his sons, and Internationl Beer Day is a holiday.
6 min
120
8-5-21 Patriotic Olympians And School Supply Sh...
The first episode featuring Cool Dad Rules For The News.
10 min
121
Participation Trophies? That's A Big NO For Me
Bill talks about rewarding mediocrity and how to say 'no thanks'!
10 min
122
Family Game Night Fight! (And Why This Is Actua...
Does every board game end up in an argument? You're not alone!
10 min
123
I Guess I'm A Parenting Dinosaur (And Proud Of ...
Bill found a set of 'new' parenting techniques that are....awful.
10 min
124
Show Me The Money! Teachng Kids About Finances ...
Bill shares 4 ways he's found to teach very important money skills.
11 min
125
Raising Patriotic Little Americans
Bill speaks with Brittany Richman from the American Moms blog about teaching patriotism to kids.
11 min