The one thing we learned from asking the question "What's the best part of your day as a parent" on the Life of Dad Facebook page is the same thing we learned from a very cheesy song many years ago, "reunited and it feels so good!" I'll be honest, I [...]
These are scary times, whether there is an actual uptick in hate, crime, stranger danger and drug use or whether it's simply that the 24-hour news cycle is doing a bang up job convincing us that the world has never been more frightening. So we asked the dads and moms [...]
Dear Patrick. This is you, from the future. I know you might think that’s complete nonsense, but if it was, how would I know about your secret penchant for sparkly unicorn designs or the crush you had on Madeleine Albright that you told nobody about. See? It’s me. And [...]
Hey Dad, How Was Your Weekend? Want to get guys talking? Ask them how their weekend went with or, sadly, without their kids. Honestly, this post could've been about 15x longer because you guys gave us such great, vivid little stories about what you did last weekend -- you guys [...]
Carlo's Bakery, featured on the TLC hit show Cake Boss, is known for its delicious pastries, desserts and cakes. Carlo Guastaffero originally opened the family bakery in 1910, and Bartolo Valastro Sr. acquired it in 1964. Since the untimely passing of Bartolo Sr. in 1994, matriarch Mary Valastro and her [...]
In a way, this is an easy question. Drugs, obviously, maybe stay away from guns and don't be a mean jerk, but still we wanted to know "What's something you'll never let your kid do?" What we heard was a mix of the serious and the hilarious, but then again [...]
A comfy pillow and a stack of books is how my oldest daughter would answer this question. My youngest, it seems, like to make a quiet, early morning mess in the guest bathroom – I mean, really, sidewalk chalk??!! Every kid has their favorite thing in the world so we [...]
A young man might think he's got it all sorted; life, work, happiness, love, but then he becomes a dad and he realizes that there are so many more lessons left to learn. We recently asked the dads of our Facebook community to tell us what fatherhood has taught them. [...]
Brad Meltzer is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of adult thrillers including The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin. His two nonfiction gift books, Heroes for My Son and Heroes for My Daughter were New York Times Bestsellers as well, and he has won the prestigious Eisner Award [...]
I’ve got a pair of pre-teens in my house so I’m in the ‘I want them to know about sexting, sexual reciprocation and that they can talk to dad about anything and everything – no matter how ‘icky’’ phase of parenting life. These are not the easiest conversations to have [...]