About Tommy Riles

Tom Riles is a husband, father, and original founder of Life of Dad, the largest community of dads in the world. Riles is also the long-time audience warm-up comedian for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in addition to hundreds of other TV shows in Los Angeles. Riles started the Life of Dad community from a hospital room as his daughter was awaiting open-heart surgery at only three days old. His daughter is now a healthy nine-year old, while Riles and his wife, Lucy (who also started Life of Mom), have helped to raise over $1 Million for congenital heart defect awareness and research.

30 Dads, 30 Days – Gregory Keer

On each of the 30 days leading up to Father's Day, Life of Dad will feature a different great dad from around the world. Today we feature Gregory Keer, great husband, father to three boys (14, 10, 7), and creator of the popular parenting site, FamilyManOnline.com.  Make sure you head [...]

By |2012-06-13T02:58:21-07:00June 13th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Wish Me a Happy Father’s Day!

Father's Day is this week... I'm hoping to get as many random people as possible to leave me a comment. Make the comment funny, angry, serious, happy, and you can even curse. Are you mad at somebody?  Pretend I'm that person, and yell at me. Are you having a good [...]

By |2012-06-10T09:43:44-07:00June 10th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Stroller Power (Part 2)

  In part two of stroller power, we will delve into Stroller Status. What is this, you ask? In a city like Los Angeles, you have to own an impressive stroller to stand out. Do you own an upper, middle, or lower class stroller? In Los Angeles, you [...]

By |2012-06-09T02:58:31-07:00June 9th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

ARE YOU DAD ENOUGH?

Why attachment parenting is driving some dads to extremes... I am “dad enough.” I wake up with my 2 –year old daughter every morning.  We read, we sing, we eat, and we drink milk.  And then you know what?  Sometimes I’ll put on a TV show for her, so I [...]

By |2012-05-18T22:01:17-07:00May 18th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Shout to the Mamas.

With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, this shout has to go out to the mamas. Us dads realize that being a father would not be possible without all of you fantastic moms out there. On behalf of all dads worldwide, I thank you ladies for the following: 1. Agreeing to conceive [...]

By |2012-05-10T06:36:30-07:00May 10th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments
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