What is the Bean Dad story?

In a nutshell, “Bean Dad,” AKA indie musician/podcaster John Roderick, wrote an extremely long, detailed Twitter thread in which he described his refusal to open a can of beans for his young daughter as a “teachable moment,” leaving her to figure out the mechanics of the can opener by herself.

What does Bean Dad mean?

John Roderick has been dubbed “Bean Dad” as his Twitter thread in which he described how he made his nine-year-old daughter struggle to open a can of beans for six hours went viral. Matthew Horwood/Getty. “Bean Dad” told his daughter that neither of them would eat anything until they got into the can of beans.

How old is bean dad’s daughter?

He released a series of tweets which told the entire story to the audience worldwide. Initially, he mentions that his nine-year-old daughter was hungry and as he was busy doing a jigsaw puzzle so he goes on to tell her to make some baked beans.

Who is the bean guy?

John Roderick, the lead singer of 2000s indie band The Long Winters, has become the source of ridicule after he tweeted out a ‘story’ about refusing to open a can of beans for his nine-year-old daughter, as if it were a ‘teachable moment’ about parenting.