We’ve all seen this guy. He shows up at little league games, intramural soccer matches, and especially at football. He’s the dad who gets a little too into the game, taking neither victory nor defeat with grace. He is, we all know, the crazy sports dad. My first introduction [...]
Whether your first child is just a month old or your trio of kiddos have already flew the coupe, every dad has buckets of rose-tinted memories stored away, small things to reflect upon and bring the sunlight back when storm clouds roll into town. We asked the dads of our [...]
Several months ago, Mercer park in Iowa City, Iowa (duh), received the state’s largest play structure for children. It had multiple slides, a toddler climbing wall, swings aplenty, and the focus of this piece: a footbridge. The footbridge was just over six feet off the ground—I could stand under it [...]
I think we can all agree that patience, just a little patience (whoa, sorry for slipping into a little Axl Rose there), is the hardest thing for anyone to learn but we wanted to know what else the dads and moms of our Facebook community are struggling with right now. [...]
24 years ago I became a dad. Or a father? Or a beloved man for the young lady? Who am I to my daughter? This is the question I am trying to answer for the last 5 years, from the moment my girl got married. They say the father is [...]
Your Lordship, Have you ever been in a relationship where it didn’t work out and thought… ‘I don’t know how it lasted that long’ or ‘I knew it wasn’t going to work’ Maybe you both grew into different people, maybe there was a sudden change in personality or maybe [...]
As Christmas approaches, if your kids are anything like mine, their behavior gets better and their wish lists get longer. Even the ones that are grown and out of the house are more friendly. I get text messages with links to items on Amazon or various other sites. Also as [...]
Real dads of our amazing Life of Dad Facebook community shared their perfect meal. From cereal to chili to rib-eye steaks, these dads will make your mouth water. Bryan McMullin: Let's go bone-in ribeye big enough to topple the Flintstones car. That should be medium rare. Homemade baked macaroni [...]
This might be the post on Life of Dad which shows just how dadly we are because when we asked "What song is stuck in your head right now?" we thought we'd get some KoRN or Journey or Jimmy Buffet but what you guys told us is that you've got [...]