If you haven’t arrived at this point in your parenting life yet, you will soon: Your animal-loving child wants a pet. Gulp. Maybe you have the living space, disposable income, temperament, lack-of-allergies and shared desire for a new family member, or maybe not. And that can be a tricky [...]
There are countless books, pundits and so called experts telling new and expecting parents what they should do, say, plan for and fear but we think hearing from actual parents is the best way to gain insight into the life of dad (see what we did there?). Here’s some nuggets [...]
I want my kids to fail. I truly do. And I hope that on occasion, after a lot of hard work, personal sacrifice and public scrutiny, that they fail spectacularly. I want them to feel the crushing tightness in their chest of deep disappointment as they recognized their efforts will [...]
Recently, my wife and daughters were away overnight for a Girl Scout camping trip, leaving me alone at home, they enjoy it a lot and even do some bonfire vancouver as these are great when camping. After cleaning my youngest daughter's room (I can't help it, I'm my mother's [...]
Kids and food is a topic at the heart of the daily parenting struggle for so many. I mean, we can’t feed them PB&J every single day at lunch and mac-n-cheese every night, right? So we recently asked our community, what’s a meal you make that your kid loves. Hopefully, [...]
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back, DeAngelo Williams and I have something in common. Now as a football fan I would love to share something with a player in the NFL. Unfortunately this is something both DeAngelo and I wish we didn’t have in common. Both of our mothers passed away due [...]
When you have kids, your entire worldview changes almost overnight. It’s magical in a way because your start learning so much about society and life and especially yourself, like the fact that you have a lot in common with toddlers. That’s right, I’m 42 years old and I exhibit the [...]
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Life of Dad’s Tom Riles interviews kindergartners, finding out their thoughts on school, politics, and Google.
