Growing Up Geek

Chad and Jaime are joined by their friends Garfield and Michelle Wilson to discuss their journey as parents and as a family during the transition of their trans daughter Tru.  At only 14 Tru has become a powerful voice for trans rights in Canada and we were lucky enough to sit down the the Wilson’s and hear their story. The post Ep 37: Garfield and Michelle Wilson appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

  Jaime, Mike and Chad sit down and share 6th grade graduation, end of the school year stories and summer plans.  The Osuna’s got a special invite to the Brave’s vs Angels game, so dip in and get the skinny on all that is going on in their geeky world of parenting. The post Ep 36: School’s Out for Summer! appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime and Chad welcome Shannon back from the grave to discuss the new House of Blues in Anaheim, Lego Batman and a slew of other parenting stories. The post Ep 35: House of Blues Anaheim Grand Opening appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime, Mike and Chad get together for a few drinks and shenanigans, sharing stories about coffee drinking, Sofia going to camp and how much Chad hates babies.  All of the Osuna kids are playing sports, the old men whine about sciatica and a disdain for participation trophies, and there is a lot of innuendo. The post Ep 34: Osuna’s Swing for the Fences appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Chad, Jaime and Mike get together to ramble about the holidays.  Geeks 4 Kourageous Kids entertained the kids of the Orange County of Ronald McDonald House and Chad is hoarding beef jerky from Amazon. The post Ep 33: It’s a Holiday Miracle appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

The whole gang is back together discussing work, life and crazy parenting stories.  We sent our friend Jenny Coyle to check out Queen Mary’s Chill (info and pics below) and are furiously getting ready for the rest of the holidays. CHILL ATTRACTIONS: ​​NEW Light up the night and follow The Queen down the rabbit hole this holiday season with the all-new interactive and digitally immersive Alice in Winterland, a 14,000-square foot walk-through adventure. Experience larger than life lanterns as you venture with Alice and friends into the Hall of Doors, the White Rabbit’s Kitchen, Mad Hatter’s Work Shop, the infamous Tea Party, The post Ep 32: Jenny Went to Queen Mary’s Chill appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime, Shannon and Chad get together to chat about being sick, Halloween, Trunk or Treat and stupid phobias.  The Osuna kids have started basketball and Kara may be the next soccer star and Torrynne might be the one cheering them on, all of that and more on this episode of the Growing Up Geek Podcast The post Ep 31: What’s a Phobia? appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

The whole gang is back together this week to discuss all things parenting.  Chad and Shannon took Lorelei to Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, and clowns are going to eat your kids.  That and so much more! The post Ep 30: Parenting at Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime and Chad welcome Mike back into the fold of the Growing up Geek family and this episode starts with a lot of food talk.  The gang moves into what they did at Long Beach Comic Con raising money and awareness for the Ronald McDonald House and Mike is hanging out with young men, and Shannon is missing for the very first time?!?!  Listen to the entire podcast for clarification. The post Ep 29: The One Without Shannon appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime, Shannon and Chad get together on this episode to share a couple of crappy weeks, they got a response from Chuck E. Cheese, Donald Trump waxes poetic with his knowledge on the middle east and yes, kids can be assholes. The post Ep 28: Parental Venting Time appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

On this episode of Growing Up Geek, Jaime, Shannon and Chad discuss their awesome trip to the Great Wolf Lodge and the travesty of a visit to Chuck E Cheese. The post Ep 27: ‘Someone Lost Their Chuck E. Cheese Spirit’ appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime, Shannon and Shannon (Mike’s still dead) get together for nachos and lumpia this episode while going over some pretty interesting parenting topics.  They discuss whether you should use a babysitter because you need some you time, funny parenting tweets, middle child issues and much more. The post Ep 26: Back To School Blues appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Jaime, Shannon and Chad get together (Mike’s dead), have a few drinks and discuss a lot of nonsensical things one evening.  The talk power outages (it gets more riveting just wait), Pokemon Go, POGS and playing pencils in the school yard.  Stay tuned till the end for awesome linoleum cleaning tips!!! The post Ep 25: You Don’t Need a Hanitizer appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Mike’s back as Jaime, Shannon and Chad welcome him to the land of the living.  Chad ponders how an atheist can be a god parent, the group discusses touching women’s feet like a ninja, and Kara is still a wild animal.  Find out what they thought about Zootopia and Finding Dory, it’s always a ton of fun when Mike is alive, so fire up this episode and enjoy the bantering of 4 geek parents. The post Ep 24: I’m Shannon!!! appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

On this episode of the Growing up Geek Podcast Jaime, Shannon and Chad tell stories about their fathers (good and bad), we find out what Chad want’s for fathers day and find out where the trio stands on the Harambe controversy. The post Ep 23: Fathers Day and Lizard Huntin appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

During this mothers daycentric episode of the Growing Up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon play referee most of the night to kids that won’t go to bed (don’t worry, we edited heavily) and Kara joins us to sing an old classic.  Also hear a few fond (or not so fond) moments about our own mothers and childhoods The post Ep 22: Old McTits Had a Farm appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Mike’s back for this episode of Growing Up Geek as he joins Chad, Jaime and Shannon in remembering Prince, telling tales of terror about taking kids bowling and which child hates being called McTits and Chad gripes about grief hawks.  We not be winning parents of the year, but we should be! The post Ep 21: Purple Rain appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Chad, Shannon and Jaime (Mike’s still dead) get together for a little Spam Musabi and a parenting podcast.  The crew did the Ronald McDonald House’s walk for kids and discuss how that went, Chad’s considering wearing a colander on his head, and Jaime and Shannon threaten to start their own podcast. All that and a ton more banter and funny(?) stories are told during this weeks episode of The Growing Up Geek Podcast.  Also as I sit here and edit this we are getting ready for Lorelei’s 6th birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORELEI! The post Ep 20: The Chad’s Not Included Podcast appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Kara has reached a long awaited milestone so Chad, Jaime and Shannon discuss poopin in the potty, picky eaters, DC Super Hero Girls.  Torrynn turned 4, Chad went on a man date and Jamie is stalking Scott Porter.  All that and more on this episode of the Growing up Geek Podcast. The post Ep 19: Poopin in the Potty and Stalking Scott Porter appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Chad, Jaime and Shannon finally find an evening to sit down and record episode 18 of the Growing up Geek Podcast.  They have stories from their time at Long Beach Comic Expo, Chad took the kids to Zootopio, what’s a “bonus year” and we can’t figure out WTF Shopkins are. The post Ep 18: Long Beach Comic Expo appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Just in time for lent, white, Trump approved Mike is resurrected from the dead. Jaime wants to know where her electric can opener is, Shannon likes waffles and Chad somehow gets even more racist. Find out their favorite breakfast foods and enjoy a ton of fun parenting stories. The post Ep 17: Oompa Lumpia appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Chad, Jaime and Shannon are back together to mourn the loss of Mike (not to be confused with Yellow Mike).  Tons of fun kid stories during this episode, Chad has a new bromance brewing, and a lot of breast feeding talk and fake social justice warriors like Joey Salads. The post Ep 16: Chad Had One Job appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Mike Colbert has passed so Chad, Jaime and Shannon are joined by Shannon’s brother Mike.  Things get racist early on this time as Chad and Mike discuss their experience at Cross Road Escape Games.  The gang discusses potty training woes, bras are for nubs, find out about OC Winter Fest and a ton more.  The crew also taste tests several products from Natures Bakery The post Ep 15: Yellow Mike appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Chad, Mike, Shannon and Jaime get back together for some post-Christmas cookies and banter.  Each shares their Christmas experiences, then Chad and Mike get a little deep into Star Wars Ep 7 until the ladies put a stop to it.  Parental topic of the week may be one you don’t want the kiddies to listen to, so open up this late holiday gift and have a chuckle with your favorite geeky parents. Please enjoy a little Christmas tune from our friends ‘The Dark Horses’ Garfield Wilson – Lead & Background Vocals AJ De Vera – Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Programming The post Ep 14: It Ain’t a Podcast Till Chad Makes a Racist Comment appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

On this episode of the Growing up Geek Podcast Mike returns to us from the clutches of death! Like Christ risen from his tomb he makes a triumphant return to the podcast as he, Chad, Jaime and Shannon wax poetic about everything from funny kid stories to the controversy surrounding The Good Dinosaur. The post Ep 13: Mike’s Alive! appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

During this episode we announce Mikes death (not really) Shannon shares her breastfeeding reservations, what’s in store for Thanksgiving, and other parenting tidbits.  The big discussion is about Queen Mary’s Chill and the time they had there with the kids, spoiler alert it was great and you should take your whole family. That food is on Fleek! The post Ep 12: Let’s Queen Mary and Chill appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

On this episode of Growing up Geek Chad, Shannon and Jaime get together to discuss their time at Stan Lee’s Comikaze, tarantulas getting loose and torturing siblings.  All that and more on the Mikeless recording, who should be back next episode telling us tales about his time at the Hollywood Bowl with his daughter. The post Ep 11: Comikaze and Giant Tarantulas appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

During this episode of the Growing up Geek podcast Chad, Jaime, Shannon and Mike are joined by Mike’s girlfriend Sherri on this joyous occasion.  The crew got together to celebrate Shannon and Mike’s birthday for this witty and fun romp of an episode.  They discuss parenting a middle child, overcompensating, and the problems with teaching your kids stranger danger.  It was a ton of fun and we think you will enjoy it. The post Ep 10: Please Send Me Nudes appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

  Jaime, Shannon and Chad regale us with there tales from Long Beach Comic Con.  It was such a great time had by adults and kids a like we are going to save all of the spoilers, but rest assured with a little hard cider the laughs were flowing during this recording. The post Ep 9: Our Time at Long Beach Comic Con appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

The Tweeks. Maddy and Anya swung by our booth at Long Beach Comic Con for an interview discussing their web series where they review geeky subject matter.  They are bringing a teen view to items that are meant for kids in their age group and we think that is great.  You really should check out their reviews here and listen to the audio interview below.   The post Maddy & Anya the Twin Teen Geeks appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Straight from the halls of Long Beach Comic Con the “Growing up Geek”-ers Mike, Shannon and Jamie talk with Tone Ellis De Jesus who is part of the Colorado non-profit “Pop Culture Classroom”. A new curriculum designed to use comics to teach kids design, critical thinking, content analysis, communication skills and self-expression. Combining an engaging learning guide with a Convention event Tone describes the success this project has had on his community. This informative interview shows how making education fun is the best way to reach children. The post Tone Ellis De Jesus of Pop Culture Classroom appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

During this episode of Growing Up Geek Chad, Mike, Shannon and Jaime take it to a whole new level of racial insensitivity.  They discuss dealing with temper tantrums in public places, dildos in the sky, Buddy Christ, secularism, Donald Trump, and suing a sperm back for getting a child from a different race than you chose.  The crew will be down at Long Beach Comic Con this weekend, find us there! The post Ep 8: Meltdowns and Temper Tantrums appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

During this episodes of the Growing up Geek podcast Chad, Jaime, Mike and Shannon sit down after stuffing their faces and talk a little Long Beach Comic Con, tshirts, business cards, slurpees, why Lorelei was walking funny and how which children’s books are the best tasting.  What does the group think about Target changing their toy section into unisex?  Take a listen and find out! The post Ep 7: Children’s Books are Delicious appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Growing up Geek is always better when Mike is on the show.  He made the trek down again after Chad promised not to screw up the recording ever again.  After feasting on Spam Musabi Chad, Jaime, Shannon and Mike sit down and discuss bratty kids at the bounce house, the Burger King, Geeks 4 Kourageous Kids, Long Beach Comic Con, pornstars at comic conventions, creepy guys at comic conventions, Witchblade cosplay, Calvin and Hobbes and sooooo much more. The post Ep 6: Give Me My F*&kin iPad appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

Hey true believers, during this episode of Growing Up Geek Chad, Jaime and Shannon discuss cell phones for kids, screaming kids at restaurants and Chad rudely interrupts everyone. The post Ep 5: Chad Hates Babies appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

The trio of Chad, Jaime and Shannon give you some anecdotes about traveling with kids, eating fake food, going to juvi for not having lunch with dad and fire ants attack. The post Ep 4: I Want It That Way appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

During this episode of the Growing up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon are joined by author and college professor Marquis Nave.  It’s a little bit of a heavy episode as they discuss introducing their children to adversity, race, and bullying.  They touch on the pool party incident in Mckinney, TX, if it’s ok to show up at a school dressed as a storm trooper and if Bronies have bodies buried under their homes. More information on books by Marquis Nave can be found below, you can also purchase his books here “Author Marquis R. Nave’s voice permeates Sweet Orisa The post Ep 2: Addressing Adversity appeared first on Growing Up Geek.

On the very first episode of the Growing Up Geek Podcast Chad, Jaime and Shannon introduce themselves and share their geek parenting cred.  This podcast is going to focus on parenting stories, and topics in a geeky world.  For the first episode the trio keeps it light and Spider-Man causes a school shutdown, wait… what?!? The post Ep 1: Spider-Man Locks Down School appeared first on Growing Up Geek.