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.

Kindergarten Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Week!  I had the opportunity to interview an entire kindergarten class about the traditions behind Thanksgiving.  Enjoy learning about this holiday through a kindergartener's eyes... There are two parts to this series, so look for tomorrow's video, where the students share all that they are thankful for.  I'm thankful to the entire class, parents, [...]

By |2010-11-22T13:53:21-08:00November 22nd, 2010|Video|3 Comments

CRAWLING – Coming soon…

Roger Ebert gives CRAWLING two baby thumbs up. Entertainment Weekly says, "CRAWLING is a moment you don't want to miss." Rolling Stone calls CRAWLING "a true story that scares every young dad to death." CRAWLING...are you ready? Coming in Fall 2010 to a theater near you. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ckat_Y3Yg]

By |2010-11-09T05:19:18-08:00November 9th, 2010|Video|9 Comments

November 2010 Column

The latest Life of Dad column is in November's issue of Pregnancy and Newborn!  Read the column here. I write about the first thirty days of post-partum from a dad's perspective. What is going through a dad's mind right after birth? In exciting news, I'm now a full-time part of [...]

By |2010-11-05T14:57:00-07:00November 5th, 2010|Press|0 Comments

TINY HEART SUPERHEROES – Nov. 2010

November's TINY HEART SUPERHERO is Colin Brophy!!! November EBay Auctions (expire Nov. 13th): MamaRoo Infant Seat by 4Moms: Click Here Kate Spade Designer Baby Bag: Click Here To make a direct donation to The Saving tiny Hearts Society, on behalf of Colin Brophy, click here. The Saving tiny Hearts Society’s [...]

By |2010-11-04T14:03:34-07:00November 4th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

Rap for Charity

The charity we work with, Saving Tiny Hearts, in the running to be the 2011 charity for Highland Park High School in Illinois.  This is exciting, because last year the school raised almost $400,000 for an incredible cause!  Babs and I did our best to help out, busting a rhyme, [...]

By |2010-11-03T12:45:45-07:00November 3rd, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

Get Up, Stand Up: Now How Do I Get Down?

Over the past week, Babs has made impressive advancements in pulling herself up to a standing position.  My parents watched the baby over the weekend as Lucy and I went to a good friend’s wedding in New York.   When we returned, Babs was getting up, and standing up for [...]

By |2010-10-27T15:43:50-07:00October 27th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments
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