LOVE YOU DAD
A father & daughter, one question at a time

Conversation With My Unemployed Dad. Real, unfinished talks about feelings, growing up, and figuring life out together, written down, not filmed.

Conversation With My Unemployed Dad: a father and his daughter recording a conversation at a table, with a doodle wall behind them
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Just us, the mic, and the okayest dad mug.
● No comments. No trolls.
● No algorithm deciding who we are.
● Bella can pass on any question.

How a conversation works

  1. We pick a question. One theme, nothing scripted. This week it might be courage, crying, or what success even means.
  2. Dad asks, then listens. No fixing, no “say this for the camera.” Silence is allowed. “I don’t know” is a real answer.
  3. Bella draws her answer. Every entry ends with a doodle — her voice, without having to perform.
  4. You take it home. Each post ends with a prompt so you can have the same talk at your own table.

Start here

Three good first conversations to read together.

1
What adults get wrong about being a kid
Season 1 · Real Life, Real Feelings · Core lesson: Kids’ feelings are valid
“Kids don’t need fixing—they need listening.”
DAD
Dad asks
What's something grown-ups think they understand about being a kid, but really don't?
BELLA
Bella’s turn
…
Her answer & doodle go here.

✎ Bella’s doodle prompt

Draw a kid-sized world vs adult-sized world.

★ For your table

When do you feel unheard?

4
Dad & unemployment
Season 1 · Real Life, Real Feelings · Core lesson: Worth ≠ job
“A job doesn’t define a person.”
DAD
Dad asks
When I lost my job, did anything feel different about me to you? You can be honest.
BELLA
Bella’s turn
…
Her answer & doodle go here.

✎ Bella’s doodle prompt

Dad without a label.

★ For your table

How do we define value?

10
Being brave
Season 1 · Real Life, Real Feelings · Core lesson: Courage can be quiet
“Bravery doesn’t always roar.”
DAD
Dad asks
What's a brave thing you did that nobody clapped for?
BELLA
Bella’s turn
…
Her answer & doodle go here.

✎ Bella’s doodle prompt

Small cape.

★ For your table

How do you show courage?

See all 52 conversations →

Why we write it instead of filming it

The original idea was a video show. We changed our minds — on purpose.

A blog has no algorithm pushing my daughter’s face at strangers, no comment section for trolls, no thumbnail chasing clicks. We share the words and the doodles, we keep the faces. Bella can pass on any question, and nothing goes up that we wouldn’t be glad to read together in ten years.

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