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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future

@dadtothefuture.bsky.social

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✨He/They 🏳️‍⚧️ ✨AuDHD Dad & Husband ✨Mental Health Advocate ✨Occasional Actor & Performer

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 3d

Keep the faith, men. Your day will come. #marriedlife #dads #moms #parenting

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 5d

You know who you are. #motivation #mondaymotivation #MondayMood #friendlyreminder

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 6d

Somebody had to do it. #sabrinacarpenter #jennifercoolidge #tears #legallyblonde

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 11d

Battling Imposter Syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

When imposter syndrome lets self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy creep in, to the point where you questions if you are actually suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect.

#ImposterSyndrome #DunningKrugerEffect #SelfDoubt

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 12d

We’ll all get there when we get there. #dads #dadlife #dadwisdom

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 12d

Be kind. Manage up. Take no s**t. #mondaymotivation #monday #friendlyreminder

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 17d

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. #dads #dadlife #parenting #raisingkids

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 28d

Better to show up regulated and late than dysregulated and on time. Because your nervous system is the real clock.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · 29d

Sometimes it's okay to step off your healing and to remind people why you're on one in the first place.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Sep 9

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Aug 16

Proud papa today.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · May 4

Ruin a movie title by putting Scott Bakula in it. I’ll start:

“To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Scott Bakula”

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · May 4

…and also with you.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · May 3

Moana 2 is the Dukes of Hazzard Coy and Vance episodes of Moanas.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · May 1

When your kid is crying, you'll never go wrong with simply sitting with them and giving comfort.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · May 1

A of of y’all missed out on the childhood experience of having two Darrins, or *shudder* Coy and Vance, and it shows.

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 30

Mighty bold of me to tell my kid we can’t listen to the same song over and over again on the ride to school like my ADHD self isn’t going to do exactly that on the drive to work after I drop her off.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 30

Happy 92nd birthday to Willie Nelson, pictured here at age 5 in 1938.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 27

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Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 27

White male allyship also looks like talking to the bros in your life with the same thought and patience as Pete Buttigieg.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 25

Connection over compliance. #parenting

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 24

Half of good parenting is keeping your sh*t together in the middle of your kids losing theirs.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 23

Always.

Dennis Frymire | Dad to the Future @dadtothefuture.bsky.social · Apr 22

On the morning walk before school, 8yo spots a cardboard food carton on the side of the road.

“It’s like they’re littering to give us more work to do on Earth Day!”

Happy Earth Day, everybody.