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Occupation: Primary Care Sports Medicine Provider with Ochsner Health Wife: Rachel Children: Sydney, 3; Harper, 2; and Declan, 4 months Hobbies: Golfing, exercising, cooking, skiing, and bike riding Dr. Sean Bradley As a Primary Care Sports Medicine Provid- er with Ochsner Health, Dr. Sean Bradley is used to a structured environment and han- dling chaos with calm. As a father to three little ones, Dr. Bradley has fully embraced the daily surprises of fatherhood by learn- ing to slow down, savor the small moments, and lead with intention. WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT BECOMING A DAD? DR. BRADLEY: Every day is like a new journey. I’m a very structured person, so for me [it’s] having something brand new that you’re not expecting. As soon as you get comfortable being a parent, they teach you something new, or you’re in a new phase or a new stage of life. That has been the biggest change or surprise. Every day is a new adventure.
WHAT’S A TYPICAL WEEKEND LIKE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD? DR. BRADLEY: Usually sleeping in, “wak- ing up at 6:37,” but making some breakfast with the kids. Usually we’re doing scram- bled eggs or pancakes, and then getting out and playing outside, whether we go to the park or wrangling up to go maybe meet one of their friends for a little playdate. And then, just hanging out at the house, really. It’s either the park or church on Sunday, and we’re cooking outside or doing some- thing fun in the yard. WHAT VALUES OR LESSONS ARE YOU MOST INTENTIONAL ABOUT TEACHING YOUR KIDDOS AT THIS STAGE? DR. BRADLEY: Treat others the way you would want to be treated, right? Kind of the Golden Rule. So every day, when I drop my three-year-old off at daycare, if it’s my day to do it, I always tell her to listen to her teachers and be nice to her friends, and it’s just, like, a daily occurrence where now she actually says it back to me before I can say it. But it's one of those things where [you] just treat others the way that you would want to be treated. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE “DAD MOMENT” SO FAR? DR. BRADLEY: Besides, like, wrestling every night with the girls before they go to bed, I think it’s teaching the girls to cook. They really gravitated towards making eggs
with me in the morning, from cracking the eggs to scrambling them to stirring them in the pan. That’s probably something I’ve really enjoyed doing with them.
HOW HAS YOUR MEDICAL BACKGROUND SHAPED THE
WAY YOU APPROACH PARENTING? DR. BRADLEY: I would probably say the opposite. I think my parenting life has probably shaped the way that I’ve become a physician. I think it’s taught me that slow- down process of life. But I think hard work and structuring definitely is important to being a parent in the background, right? So it's being prepared for the next day, having food and meals all set up, making sure that everything’s stocked. I guess that mindset of being a physician, of always being struc- tured and prepared, has helped me. DO YOU SEE ANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WORKING WITH PROFES- SIONAL ATHLETES AND RAISING KIDS? DR. BRADLEY: I think you always have to understand where they’re coming from. I think that’s a big piece of it. Understanding where your kid is coming from, or where the athlete’s coming from…because the situation may be different [in] the way that you perceive it, and then the way they perceive it, and that can really change how you treat someone in a certain clinical set- ting or in being a father and understanding what just happened.
HOW HAS BECOMING A FATHER CHANGED YOUR PERSPECTIVE—PERSONALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY?
DR. BRADLEY: I think it has definitely made me slow down and really look at what's most important in life. Being very career driven for a long time, and then, [having] kids will really make you press pause. It’s been probably one of the best things for me, both as a father, a husband, and even as like a physician, to just press pause sometimes and really be present, I guess is the best way to say it.
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