>>> TODAY ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING
DAD AND LOOKING BACK AT THE
CHALLENGES AND JOY.
ALL FACED DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> WE GOT A FEW LOCAL 4 DADS
>> WE GOT A FEW LOCAL 4 DADS
TOGETHER HOW COVID-19 IMPACTED
EACH OF US.
FATHER COME IN ALL KINDS OF
VARIETIES.
SO IT IS WITH A CROSS SECTION OF CHANNEL 4 DADS.
OF CHANNEL 4 DADS.
WE CALL US THE LOCAL 4 FATHERS.
CASE ON AND ROD VISIT FROM A
STORKS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BERNIE AND STEVE BOTH GRANDFATHERS AND I’M SOMEWHERE
GRANDFATHERS AND I’M SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN WITH MY 4 GROWN
CHILDREN SPREAD FROM LOS
ANGELES TO BALTIMORE.
BUT WE ARE ALL DADS.
IF AN ERA OF COVID-19, WE HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON.
SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON.
BLESSING OF KIDS IN THE HOUSE.
STEVE HAD TO WORK TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
>> SO WE RENT ADD MOTOR HOME CARROLL AND I AND MEGHAN AND
CARROLL AND I AND MEGHAN AND
DROVE 1,000 MILES DOWN TO NEW
ORLEANS AND PILED THEM IN THE
MOTOR HOME.
DROVE 1,000 MILES BACK TO
MICHIGAN.
AND THEY SPENT THE SUMMER WITH US.
SO YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE WANTED
THEM TO BE SAFE.
WANTED US TO BE SAFE AND NOBODY
WAS GOING TO FLY BUT WE WANTED
OUR BOYS SO WE WENT AND GOT THEM ILL.
THEM ILL.
>> NO RV BUT HOMECOMING THE
SAME WHEN SON AND DAUGHTER
INHUH CAME HOME FROM NEW YORK
WITH BERNIE FIRST GRAND CHILD 2 MONTH OLD.
MONTH OLD.
>> THE BABY CAME IN SHE
COULDN’T EVERYONE CRAWL.
WHEN SHE LEFT SHE WALKED OUT
THE DOOR.
SO IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING TIME FOR US AND STEVE SAID BLESSED
FOR US AND STEVE SAID BLESSED
AND I MENU COULDN’T ASK
ANYTHING BETTER TO HAVE YOUR
FIRST GRAND CHILD SPEND THAT
AMOUNT OF TIME WITH YOU THE
FIRST YEAR.
>>Reporter: JASON HAS BEEN
THROUGH THE DAD DRILL BEFORE
WITH TWO OLDER DAUGHTERS BUT
HERE IS DAUGHTER NO. 3.
WELL LET JUST SAY A FEW YEARS
LATER.
>> I THINK THE FUNNIEST THING
IS MY OLDER ONE, ONE IS 21 AND
ANOTHER ONE IS 18.
THEY CAN’T GET ENOUGH SO PILOT
IN BABYSITTER THAT I THINK
EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.
ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.
REMEMBER WHEN I HAD THE OLDEST
ONES AND THEY GET ALONG BETTER
THE MORE SPACE YOU HAVE BETWEEN
THEM.
MY OLDEST ARE ABOUT 2 AND A HALF YEARS APART AND THEY
HALF YEARS APART AND THEY
FOUGHT LIKE CRAZY GROWING UP.
I THINK THE SECRET IS JUST
MAKING ABOUT 20 YEARS APART AND GET ALONG FANTASTIC.
GET ALONG FANTASTIC.
>> NOT EVEN IS UP TO THAT. I KNOW.
I KNOW.
>> THAT’S THE TOUGH PART.
>> THAT’S THE TOUGH PART. >> HOLD ON.
>> HOLD ON.
>>Reporter: IT WAS ROD WHO
>>Reporter: IT WAS ROD WHO MANAGED TO TRY JUST ABOUT
MANAGED TO TRY JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING ON THE PANDEMIC
MENU.
>> I HAVE A NASTY VIRUS FOR
TOTAL OF 17 DAYS AND MY WIFE
HAD IT THEN BOTH MY KIDS GOT
IT.
SO IT WAS VERY DARK TAME FOR A
GOOD TWO WEEKS OVER TWO WEEK
HERE BUT MADE IT THROUGH.
WE ARE THANKFUL WE ARE ALL
HEALTHY 4 AND CONTINUE TO STAY
THAT WAY AND. >>Reporter: THERE WAS MORE.
>>Reporter: THERE WAS MORE.
HEART ACHE WHEN HIS WIFE
SUFFERED MISCARRIAGE BUT THEN
FULL HAPPY HEART WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR THIRD CHILD.
ARRIVAL OF THEIR THIRD CHILD.
>> YES, IT WAS VERY TRYING
YEAR.
YEAR AND A HALF NOW BUT WE HAVE
SOMETHING REALLY PEGS OUT OF IT.
>>Reporter: AS WE TALKED ABOUT
>>Reporter: AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEING DAD WE WERE MINDFUL OF
BEING DAD WE WERE MINDFUL OF THE DAD IN OUR LIVES, TOO.
THE DAD IN OUR LIVES, TOO.
TOM, GLEN, JOE, AND BLESSED
THEN AND THE CONVERSATION AGAIN
AND AGAIN CAME BACK TO FEELING
VERY BLESSED TO NOW.
>> AS A DAD THE BLESSING OF GETTING TO HAVE SO MUCH FAMILY
GETTING TO HAVE SO MUCH FAMILY
AROUND FOR A YEAR WAS SOMETHING
I DIDN’T FORESEE BUT WAS PRETTY
WONDERFUL THING.
>> THAT IS SO TRUE AND HONESTLY MY HEART ACHES FOR THE PEOPLE
MY HEART ACHES FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO SUFFERED SO TERRIBLY.
I FEEL A LITTLE BIT GUILTY THAT
WE HAD SO MANY BLESSINGS DURING
A TIME SO HARD FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE. >> IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT,
>> IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT,
IT’S REALLY A TIME TO BE ABLE
TO STRENGTHEN A LIEUTENANT OF
THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE
CORE FAMILY.
>> I WOULD SAY WE REALLY GREW
CLOSER AS A FAMILY BETTER THAN
ANY VACATION COULD EVER REALLY DO.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT MOST
REWARDING PART OF ALL OF THIS
IS WATCHING MY YOUNGEST SON
BECOME A FATHER. >> OH, YES.
>> OH, YES.
REMINDER THAT THE 5 OF US ARE
PART OF A LONG 10 UM.
THAT GOES ON AND ON. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY. TO YOU AND YOURS.
TO YOU AND YOURS.
>>> MOM AND DAD CANDICE GOOD
EVENING ON A LOT OF THINGS BUT
I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON FAMILY
IS EVERYTHING. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE LEARNED A HOT
OF HISTORY SONS THIS PAST YEAR.
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY SAID
AND SO NICE TO SEE YOU WITH
YOUR GRANDSON.
>> IT WAS FUN WITH THE REST OF
THOSE GUYS. THOSE DADS.
THOSE DADS.
>> HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO YOU