{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjesses-jabber.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fwhat-my-dad-was-really-teaching-me-rUOSxOpU","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"What My Dad Was Really Teaching Me","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9e46c43b-9196-4333-aa05-2f7b0f9c10b9/b368383e-08fe-4e4e-9513-a024ad105b11/ep_17_episode_art.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"It's the first Monday of summer break in the year 2000. The plan was simple: sleep late, play Nintendo, watch music videos, and enjoy a responsibility-free day. Then came the handwritten chore list waiting on the kitchen table.\nIt's funny how some lessons take decades to make sense.\nAs a kid, a chore list felt like punishment. Mowing grass, taking out the trash, washing dishes, and holding a flashlight while your dad worked on something in the garage all felt like interruptions to whatever you'd rather be doing. But what if those moments were never really about the chores?\nIn this episode of Jesse's Jabber, Jesse reflects on the lessons hidden inside the chores, driveway projects, and the ordinary moments of childhood and the realization that many of the things his dad was teaching had very little to do with the actual task at hand. Looking back through the lens of adulthood, fatherhood, and raising the 12, he explores that realization and recognizes those tasks were about more—they were about preparing us for life. From summer break chore lists and driveway projects to work ethic, sacrifice, and responsibility, this episode explores the lessons that only seem to make sense once you've lived enough life to recognize them."}