Because EVERYTHING is controversial and political these days, here's a Valentine's Day post to argue about on the internet! Yay! We kid, kind of, because while we may see this sweet mid-February as a fake holiday and choose not celebrate we should still be able to respect the will [...]
We dads got 99 problems and most of them center around being treated as 2nd class parents by moms at the park, cashiers, and mother-in-laws. Here are just some of things that the dads of our Facebook community cannot stand. https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154829721081427 Jimmy O'Brian: Whining. Non-stop whining drives me nuts! Also [...]
Our dads teach us a lot. Sometimes the lessons are intentional, sometimes accidental and sometimes those lessons we learn from our dads are how to be a father by NOT following their lead. We recently asked the Life of Dad Facebook community to tell us what they learned from their [...]
Every dad knows that it can be difficult to get his kid to pay attention so we asked our incredible Life of Dad Facebook community to give us their tips and tricks. Here's the no fail plan to always get your kid's attention! https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154814394251427 Tristan Welch: My kids are both [...]
The guys talk with Bestselling author Cavan Scott, who is a writer of novels, comics, audio dramas and non-fiction books for both adults and children.
I recently learned that it takes 21 days of repetitive action to create a new habit. So, when it comes to instilling good habits in children, we parents have plenty of time. In fact, if we are super efficient, we can get our kids into good habits at a rate [...]
While I continue to champion the greatness of the indie kid's music scene (the opposite of KIDZ BOP), the fact remains that most people, dads especially, exclusively feed their kids a steady diet of their own music. So we asked, what's your kid listening to these days? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154792830551427 Andrew Oliver: [...]
The Friendship question: Should your child be your friend? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/posts/10154780049911427 Let’s start with the yes answers because, well, there’s faaaaaaar fewer of them. Seems the dads of our Facebook community think there’s a real danger in being friends with your child. What do you think? Can you be friend AND [...]
