Darby Saxbe
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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
As a professor running a lab, I work with my grad students and I'm like, they have to listen to me.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
It's a powerful narcotic.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
My kids could not be less impressed.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
Yeah, and I will say that my dad, having read the book, thinks that he was very involved when we were little.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
So in his defense, and when I tried to qualify it, the book didn't make it so.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
But he was, I think, an 80s dad.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He was pretty hands-off.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He was not super involved in our daily routines, our bedtimes.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He was doing his own thing.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He was going to the Masonic Lodge.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
So my mom left.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
All of a sudden, he is the sole parent.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
And he had to figure a lot of stuff out.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
Like he made dinner for us.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He cleaned the kitchen.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He woke us up.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Darby Saxbe (on Dad Brain)
He packed our lunches.