What is the Best Workout for Dad?
Welcome, welcome to all the Dad Bods out there! There are so many different workout programs out there but what is the best one for you? Let’s give you an overview of the options available and after we are done laughing at the Prancercisers we can move on to serious [...]
Alternative Ways to Avoid School Bullying
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 28% of students in grades 6-12 have experienced bullying. That number is huge, particularly given the increase of youth suicide. As school age bullying comes increasingly to the forefront of international studies and news, I’ve done some research on [...]
Dad’s Dream Car
For the younger version of me, it was that Nissan Pathfinder with those strange triangular windows in the back that I still fascinate whenever I saw one in a nissan dealership store, or a Jaguar with the metallic silver animal leaping off the hood. Man that was cool, but [...]
16 Traits We Should All Be Teaching Our Daughters
The messages in the media being transmitted to young girls are, for lack of a better word, confusing. Be sexy, but don’t be too sexy. Be smart, but don’t be too smart. Be funny, but don’t be too funny. Be the hero, but need to be saved by another [...]
#BallIsLife With The Brooklyn Nets Kids Academy
A friend sent me a link to a FREE Monthly Brooklyn Nets Kids Basketball Academy which most NBA teams do as a way to give back to their community! I highly recommend you check to see if your city has something similar to it. Just go to google or click [...]
Wintertime, Abridged
If you spend any time on the Life of Dad Facebook page (and if you don’t, you totally should), you’ve likely noticed that we love asking you to describe things like 'fatherhood' and 'getting your kids dressed for school' in as few words as possible. Because some of us [...]
Building Resilience in Kids
Over the past few days I have attended a couple of professional development workshops through work that dealt with developing resilience and leadership. I’ve recently become interested in questions around resilience as I ponder how to help my kids to be resilient children who grow into even more resilient adults. [...]
Why We Pierced at a Tattoo Parlor
I’m not sure if it's because somebody else at school has them, or just another one of those ideas that she latches onto, like a sudden need she’s developed to visit California, but for the past two weeks my five year old has asked me just about every day [...]