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.

Jaques de La Cruz – Real Housedad Profile

During premiere week of “The Real Housedads of Orange County,” each day we will feature a different cast member, so we can learn even more about what makes a housedad tick.   What is your full name?  Jacques de La Cruz Where did you grow up?   Summers in [...]

By |2011-01-11T15:04:51-08:00January 11th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

PRESS RELEASE: The Real Housedads of Orange County

LOS ANGELES - Life of Dad, a worldwide website and internet television channel has premiered its original 3-minute long, websiode series "The Real Housedads of Orange County" in its regular monthly time period starting in January 2011. The new reality series dives into the steamy and dramatic lifestyles of three baby [...]

By |2011-01-10T14:31:47-08:00January 10th, 2011|Video|3 Comments

Kids’ New Years Resolutions

At the start of a New Year, many people set goals and resolutions to help improve their lives.  However, most folks don't stick to them. I wanted to find out why...so I interviewed some of the youngest people out there with New Years Resolutions...I talked to students from grades K-4.  [...]

By |2011-01-06T14:23:13-08:00January 6th, 2011|Video|2 Comments

January 2011 Column

The January issue of Pregnancy and Newborn magazine is now on newstands!  Make sure you pick it up so you can see the latest Life of Dad column. The article is also up on Pregnancy and Newborn‘s website, and you can read it here. This column is about celebrating the baby daddy throughout [...]

By |2011-01-05T14:50:59-08:00January 5th, 2011|Press|0 Comments

2011 – The Year of Awesome!

It's a New Year, and everybody is working on their New Years resolutions. I'm calling 2011 The Year of Awesome!  I'm striving to do something each month that I have never done before, and you'll hear about it here. When we entered 2010, my wife was very pregnant, and we knew that [...]

By |2011-01-04T13:59:36-08:00January 4th, 2011|Blog|1 Comment

Happy New Year!

Watch this to see how students from K-4th Grade celebrated the New Year.  Some of the students were much more into the countdown and "Auld Lang Syne" than others. Thanks for following LIFE OF DAD in 2010, and here's to another great year in 2011!

By |2011-01-03T19:56:21-08:00January 3rd, 2011|Video|2 Comments

The Night I Proposed to Lucy

Four years ago, on Christmas Day, I flew to Chicago and suprised my then girlfriend, Lucy.  Of course, I brought a video camera, so you all can see exactly how it went down.  We got engaged that night, married in 2008, and now have a beautiful daughter, Barbara Anne.  I'm [...]

By |2010-12-23T05:03:58-08:00December 23rd, 2010|Video|0 Comments

Top 2010 Holiday Gifts For Children

Instead of creating a list of the top holiday gifts to buy for your kids, I went directly to a kindergarten classroom and asked the students what they wanted.  The kids' answers are funny, entertaining, and informative.  Is it wrong that I want most of the same gifts as them?  [...]

By |2010-12-17T13:54:39-08:00December 17th, 2010|Video|1 Comment
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