What happens at HomeDadCon stays at HomeDadCon! Unless Dadhouse decides to relive it all. Join us for this episode where the guys give their experiences of the annual stay-at-home dad conference. This year’s HomeDadCon was hosted in Cincinnati and Mick, Jake, and Shannon were able to go and spend time with some great dads, drink some beer, and meet a couple of stay-at-home dads from Kazakhstan. 

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9:06—The dads kick off their recap with Mick digging into where it was at and how this was the 25th year. This includes meeting the founder, as well as all the past presidents, that have made this convention happen over so many years. 

11:13—The dads first went to the convention over ten years ago and here talk about how much the convention and the community has changed. 

15:00-We want to give a shout out to Brock Lusch, Danny Mercer, and Jonathon Heisey-Grove and the amazing work they’ve done to create this community. 

15:48—How did each of the guys get to the convention? Shannon flew and Jake and Mick had to drive like suckers. 

23:27—Here we get into the nuts and bolts of the convention. With the kick out even hosted by Father’s Eve and John Francis and Jake knocking on the wrong rooms to find the Beer Share—where guys brought local, craft beer from their area of the country.

25:56—A major shout out to Joe Saladino from the SAHD Beercast. 

28:38-Jake and Mick really liked the Beer Share. 

30:00-The dads get into some of their favorite speakers including Billy Kilgore and Al Watts. 

33:20—Jake talks about How to Get Book Published with Vernon Gibbs and Shannon Carpenter. 

35:20—What is Dad Gaming? You need to check it out. Joe Willis from The Dad Gaming was fantastic. 

40:00—Mick walks in on Shannon in a very uncomfortable situation. The movie Shannon was watching was called High Life. 

43:29—Shannon wrote a CNN article about paternity leave while at the convention. This is how that happened. 

45:18—How the guys ended the conference and celebrated Shannon’s book. A special thank you to all the dads that took Shannon out to dinner.